®Planning appeal decision
12 Ratcliffe Road, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 1LQ
for a rear single storey extension comprising new kitchen/diner and bathroom, with external rendering to wall (colour to be white/grey)
- Authority
- Charnwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Tivey C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the appeal proposal upon the living conditions of the occupant of 10 Ratcliffe Road with specific reference to outlook, light and privacy
What decided it
The fallback position of the Certificate of Lawfulness, combined with the absence of demonstrable harm to the neighbour's light, outlook and privacy, outweighed the Council's concerns about the extension's impact.
Plan policies cited: Policy CS2 of the Charnwood Local Plan 2011-2028 Core Strategy, Saved Policy EV/1 of the Borough of Charnwood Local Plan (2004), Saved Policy H/17 of the Borough of Charnwood Local Plan (2004), Policy DS5 of the emerging Draft Charnwood Local Plan 2021-37
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.