24 Firfield Street, BRISTOL, BS4 3AL

Proposed single storey rear extension with roof terrace and retrofit measures including external wall insulation, solar panels and installation of ASHP

Authority: Bristol City Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Sedgwick P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development upon the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring houses, with particular regard to outlook and privacy

What decided it

The proposed roof terrace would appear unacceptably dominant and overbearing from the neighbouring garden at No 22, conflicting with local plan policies and the Framework's requirement to safeguard neighbouring amenity.

Plan policies cited: Policy CS21 of the Bristol Local Plan Core Strategy (2011), Policy DM27 of the Bristol Local Plan Site Allocations and Development Management Policies (2014), Policy DM30 of the Bristol Local Plan Site Allocations and Development Management Policies (2014)

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