Land Adjacent 29 Elizabeth Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 0QY

a new build detached dwelling

Authority: Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Greenwood L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the local area
Whether suitable living conditions would be provided for future occupiers of the proposed dwelling
The effect on the living conditions of neighbours

What decided it

The serious harm to the living conditions of neighbours at No 29 Elizabeth Road through loss of outlook, combined with the unduly harmful impact on local character and appearance through cramped overdevelopment, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the minor housing benefit.

The benefits of housing delivery and efficient use of a vacant site were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the combined adverse impacts on local character and neighbours' living conditions, notwithstanding the application of the tilted balance due to lack of 5-year housing land supply

Framework references: 11, 12, 135

Plan policies cited: DM10

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