| 1. | The proposal to both extend the existing cottage and erect a new dwelling on adjoining land, i.e. the application site, constitutes overdevelopment, in that the already limited curtilage of the former would be seriously eroded and the latter would be afforded inadequate private amenity space, to the detriment of their respective residential environment. The loss of road frontage in respect of the existing cottage would also deprive that property of the possibility of any off-street car parking facility. Furthermore, the erection of a two-storey building of the length and height proposed in such close proximity to the northern site boundary would be an unneighbourly form of development in that it would have an overbearing effect on the outlook from the adjacent dwelling (to the north) as well as restricting daylight and sunlight to that property. Consequently, the proposal is considered to be contrary to the provisions of Policies HOU8, HOU15 and HOU17 of the Borough-Wide Local Plan (adopted by the Borough Council on 23rd February 2001). |
