®Planning appeal decision
83 Lytton Road, LEICESTER, LE2 1WL
a change of use from a dwellinghouse to 2 self-contained flats (1 x 1 bed and 1 x 2 bed) (Class C3)
- Authority
- Leicester City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Greenwood L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effects of the proposal on the stock of family sized housing and the maintenance of a mixed community in the local area
- Whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers of the ground floor flat, in terms of privacy
What decided it
The serious lack of privacy for the ground floor flat occupiers, whose only light, air and outlook would be directly onto a narrow passageway used by other residents, was sufficiently compelling to outweigh the housing supply benefits.
The benefits of marginally increasing housing units and making efficient use of an existing building were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts on living conditions and privacy for future occupiers of the ground floor flat
Framework references: 11, 135
Plan policies cited: Core Strategy policy 6, Core Strategy policy 8, CLLP policy H07, CLLP policy PS10
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.