Planning appeal decision
18-20, Albert Drive, Liverpool, L9 8BQ
Planning appeal 3367166 at 18-20, Albert Drive, Liverpool, L9 8BQ (Liverpool City Council) was dismissed on 9 October 2025 by Inspector Moore J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal upon the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to privacy.
To carry out alterations to three of 12 apartments creating an additional bedroom in each. extended existing dormers to rear and hip to gable roof extension, install render to all external surfaces without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref: 21F/0385, dated 20 July 2022
- Authority
- Liverpool City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Moore J
- Postcode
- L9 8BQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal upon the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to privacy
What decided it
The side-facing windows in the extended rear dormers enable unacceptable direct views into habitable rooms and private garden spaces of neighbouring properties, causing harm to privacy that outweighs the limited benefits of the proposal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy UD1Policy UD7Policy H8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 124Paragraph 125Paragraph 129Paragraph 135
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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