3 Halifax Close, Bricket Wood, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL2 3RH

conversion of garage roof space to provide additional first floor accommodation with front dormer window and rear rooflight, insertion of rooflights to front and rear of main roof without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 5/22/0963, dated 14 July 2022

Authority: St Albans City Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Davis J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of varying condition 2 on the character and appearance of the existing dwelling and the surrounding area

What decided it

The flat roof first-floor extension is a bulky, incongruous addition that is visually incompatible with the pitched roof form and traditional character of the host dwelling and surrounding area, causing harmful effects on character and appearance contrary to development plan policies and NPPF design objectives.

Plan policies cited: Policy 69, Policy 72, Policy S1, Policy S3, Policy S5

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