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MYL

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Hi everyone, 

 

I would like to ask if planning can refuse a proposed building/extension on aesthetics basis?

Knowing that it is not a conservation area, nor a listed building!

They state that the main reason of refusal will be "the impression of a convoluted and disjointed front elevation, which arises from the unusual massing and range of fenestration patterns, the series of different balconies and the large number of different roof shapes and spaces."

 

Many Thanks 

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I think this is a case of the planner simply not liking it. However, the comment above seems to refer to the front elevation? Planners generally do not like extensions/modifications that significantly impact the primary elevations. It should be detailed in the planning policy. Ours was quite explicit regarding what should and should not be visible from the road, and we based the design accordingly.

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1 minute ago, Conor said:

Planners generally do not like extensions/modifications that significantly impact the primary elevations

 

Councils like extensions which are be designed to appear subservient to the existing building, without seeing your plans its not possible to see, but that could be part of the issue

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You should look at it as round one to the Counsul It’s up to you to come up with a modified design However if you are set on this particular design It would be worth speaking to a planning consultant 

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1 hour ago, Moonshine said:

 

Councils like extensions which are be designed to appear subservient to the existing building, without seeing your plans its not possible to see, but that could be part of the issue


Not round here ..!! One council has a policy where the extension needs to look like an extension, the neighbouring one encourages extensions to be in the style and character of the original building ..! They are also now going to the point of ignoring “street scene” and allowing large extensions on streets of brick finish houses to be rendered along with the rest of the building as a “statement”… 

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