Two storey extension to rear of dwelling (Resubmission)

Why Was This Approved?

• ✓Resubmission following refusal of a larger rear extension and garage
• ✓Reduced mass judged sufficient to achieve better proportion with the cottage
• ✓Largely glazed rear gable assessed as not harmful given viewing angle from road
• ✓Cottage and rear elevation visible from the A30/A27 junction approach
• ✓scale
• ✓This application follows an application for the refusal of a rear extension and large garage beyond the western gable.
• ✓This application reduces the length of the extension compared to that previously proposed by 400 mm . The width has been reduced by 600 mm . This is not a significant reduction but the overall mass of the proposed extension has been reduced enough to allow the extension to be more in proportion with the existing dwelling.
• ✓The rear gable is still to be largely glazed but given the angle to the road from which this elevation would be seen, it is judged that there will not be any adverse impact on the cottage or the area generally.

This resubmission sought permission for a two-storey extension to the rear of Clybane Cottage, a property fronting onto the highway at the junction of the A30 and A27, where the eastern gable and much of the rear elevation are visible from the road on approach from St Johns. While the reductions were not large in themselves, the officer judged that the overall mass had been reduced sufficiently to bring the extension into better proportion with the cottage. The largely glazed rear gable was assessed as acceptable because the angle from which it would be seen from the road meant it would not harm the character of the cottage or the wider area.

The application was approved because the reduction in the extension's length and width, though modest, was enough to make the overall mass more proportionate to the existing dwelling. The largely glazed rear gable was judged not to cause visual harm given the angle from which it would be seen from the road.

Conditions (2)

1. 1

   Condition 1

   The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.

2. 3

   Condition 3

   The external finishes of the extension must match those of the existing building in all respects.

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