®Planning appeal decision
50 Barlow Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 3DA
convert and upgrade the basement to be suitable for habitation and change of use of the basement to a self contained flat. Alteration to existing rear roof for installation of a roof dormer
- Authority
- Manchester City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Garrard M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of future occupiers with particular regard to internal and external space; and existing occupiers with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The basement flat would fail to meet the nationally described space standard and would provide a cramped, poor quality living environment with inadequate daylight and no private amenity space, conflicting with development plan policies on accommodation standards and design quality.
The modest weight in favour of housing supply was outweighed by the harm to living conditions of future occupiers and conflict with the development plan read as a whole in respect of the basement flat; the rear dormer attracted no such conflict and was allowed.
Plan policies cited: UDP saved policy DC5, UDP saved policy DC1, Core Strategy policy SP1, Core Strategy policy DM1, Core Strategy policy EN1, Core Strategy policy H5, Joint DPD policy JP-P1, Joint DPD policy JP-S1
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.