Change of use of strip of land from amenity space to residential curtilage and reposition existing fence

Why Was This Refused?

• ✓Proposal to convert a strip of amenity land into residential garden and reposition an existing fence
• ✓Corner plot with open-plan front garden contributing to the openness of the estate
• ✓Fence re-alignment judged to reduce openness and harm the amenity of the surrounding area
• ✓Adverse impact on the character of the local area was the stated reason for refusal
• ✓amenity
• ✓character
• ✓scale
• ✓whether the proposed development would have an adverse impact upon the surrounding area
• ✓respects the site and surroundings in terms of the siting, layout, scale, form, design and landscaping
• ✓does not affect adversely the character of the surrounding landscape or townscape
• ✓does not affect adversely the amenity of local residents or the character of the locality

The application sought to change the use of a strip of land from amenity space to residential curtilage and to reposition an existing fence at a detached two-storey dwelling on the corner of Campion Crescent and Fuchsia Road, Peel. The property has an open-plan front garden that extends around the side of the site. The key planning concern was whether the proposed fence re-alignment would harm the openness of the estate and the amenity of the surrounding area. The application was refused by a delegated officer decision. The stated reason was that repositioning the fence would reduce the openness of the estate and adversely affect the amenity of the surrounding area.

The application was refused on 30 July 2009. The decision-maker found that repositioning the fence would reduce the openness of the estate and adversely affect the amenity of the surrounding area. The property sits on a corner plot with an open-plan front garden that wraps around the side, and the proposed change was considered harmful to the character of that open setting.

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