Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed24 August 20266011023

60, King Edward Road, Coventry, CV1 5BJ

Planning appeal 6011023 at 60, King Edward Road, Coventry, CV1 5BJ (Coventry) was dismissed on 24 August 2026 by Inspector Eleni Marshall, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the principle of development, character of the area, housing choice and highway safety.

Change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to 5-person house in multiple occupancy (C4) with erection of rear-facing dormer extension and single storey infill extension

Authority
Coventry
Appeal type
minor · Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
residential
Inspector
Eleni Marshall
Postcode
CV1 5BJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the principle of development, character of the area, housing choice and highway safety
  • residential amenity with regard to loss of light and sense of enclosure

What decided it

The proposal breaches multiple development plan policies relating to HMO concentration, highway safety, neighbouring amenity and design quality, with no material considerations of sufficient weight to outweigh these conflicts.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
LP Policy H11LP Policy AC3LP Policy DE1LP Policy H5DPD Policy HMO1DPD Policy HMO2DPD Policy HMO3DPD Policy HMO4

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

189 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Coventry

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Allowed24 September 20266009837
    Land at 260A Hawkes Mill Lane, Allesley, Coventry, CV5 9FJ
  2. Dismissed18 September 20266011661
    27 Lansdowne Street, Coventry, CV2 4FN
  3. Dismissed18 September 20266011522
    108-114 Red Lane, Coventry, CV6 5EQ
  4. Dismissed14 September 20266008646
    52 Hugh Road, Coventry, CV3 1AD
  5. Dismissed3 August 20266007230
    123 Lockhurst Lane, Foleshill, Coventry, CV6 5PD

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.