Planning appeal decision
5, Dexter Drive, East Grinstead, RH19 4SU
Planning appeal 6015120 at 5, Dexter Drive, East Grinstead, RH19 4SU (Mid Sussex) was allowed on 29 October 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers of 7 Dexter Drive with regards to privacy.
a rear first floor balcony over existing approved rear ground floor extension and to include a staircase from ground to first floor and adding patio doors to selected existing rear first floor windows
- Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- RH19 4SU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers of 7 Dexter Drive with regards to privacy
What decided it
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See them with an accountWhat the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DP26 of the Mid Sussex District Plan (2018)Policy EG3 of the East Grinstead Neighbourhood Plan (2016)emerging Policy DPB1 of the Mid Sussex District Plan 2021-2039 Submission Draftemerging Policy DPS2 of the Mid Sussex District Plan 2021-2039 Submission Draft
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Policy S3
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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