Widening of existing driveway for vehicular access

Why Was This Approved?

• ✓Widening of an existing driveway at a Manx Cottage on Eyreton Road, Crosby
• ✓Property sits close to the road near a narrow junction with Peel Road
• ✓Highway safety impact assessed and found acceptable
• ✓Visual impact on the house and street scene assessed and found acceptable
• ✓Approved under delegated authority
• ✓highways
• ✓character
• ✓highway safety impact
• ✓visual impact on the house and character of the street scene

Permission was granted to widen the existing driveway for vehicular access at Hillside, Eyreton Road, Crosby. The property is a three-bay Manx Cottage situated on a hill leading down towards a narrow junction with Peel Road, with a small walled front garden and an attached single-storey garage with driveway parking. The two main planning considerations were the impact on highway safety given the proximity to the narrow junction, and the visual effect of the widened driveway on the appearance of the house and the surrounding street scene. The application was approved by the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture on a delegated basis, with two conditions attached to the permission.

The application was approved on 12 July 2023. The key planning considerations were highway safety and the visual impact on the house and the character of the street scene, both of which were found to be acceptable.

Policies Assessed (2)

Conditions (2)

1. 1

   Condition 1

   The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.

2. 2

   Condition 2

   The access and driveway layout works including its permeable surface finish shall be carried out in full accordance with drawing number 23-050-02 and retained as such thereafter.

Planning History (1)

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