Appeal islodged onhouse planrefusal

AN appeal has been lodged against a decision to refuse planning permission for the erection of a dwelling on a site at 46 London Road, Sleaford.

North Kesteven District Council planners rejected the application on the grounds that any dwelling on the proposed site would be cramped and out of character with the larger Victorian house next to it and would have a detrimental impact on the street scene.

Planners were also concerned that there would be only a limited area of amenity space for the new dwelling, affording it no amount of privacy due to “its unsympathetic and unneighbourly relationship with the existing dwelling”.

But applicant Mel Twohig has appealed to the Planning Inspectorate against the decision, arguing that the new dwelling will not have a detrimental impact on the street scene and will be screened from view by the existing landscaping.

The appeal also argues that there will be sufficient amenity space for the new building, while retaining sufficient land for use as garden by the existing house.

Any comments made at the application stage have been forwarded to the planning inspectorate but if anyone wishes to make any additional comments they should send three copies in writing to the Planning Inspectorate, Room 3/13a, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6PN, quoting reference APP/R2520/A/07/2046791/WF, by July 19.