1st floor extension to rear of house

Why Was This Refused?

• ✓First-floor extension to the rear of a house at Elm Lodge, Patrick Road, St Johns
• ✓Refused on grounds of unsympathetic design, form, height, and size
• ✓Considered harmful to the character of the existing property and surrounding environment
• ✓design
• ✓character
• ✓scale

This application sought permission for a first-floor extension to the rear of Elm Lodge on Patrick Road, St Johns, Isle of Man. The application was refused by the Director of Planning and Building Control on 20 March 2023. The decision notice states that the extension's form, design, height, size, and appearance were not considered sympathetic to the character and appearance of the existing property, and that it would not have a positive impact on the surrounding environment. The formal refusal notice records 1 refusal reason.

The application was refused because the proposed first-floor rear extension was not considered sympathetic to the character and appearance of the existing property. Its form, design, height, size, and appearance were judged to have a negative impact on the surrounding environment.

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