Preston City Council appeal evidence
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Planning Data area point: Preston LPA (53.811828, −2.697626). This is the published representative point for the authority boundary, not a town hall, camera position or appeal site.
Preston City Council appeal findings
Preston neighbour impacts: outlook, light and noise
No allowed appeal appears in the matched local set, so the selected examples cannot show an allowed local comparison.
Counted against appeals
Preston examples: light, outlook and noise
Parking noise disturbed neighbours
The car park proposal was found likely to cause significant noise and disturbance for neighbouring residents.
First-floor addition reduced light
A first-floor bungalow addition was found to harm neighbours’ outlook, daylight and sunlight.
Outlook failed despite adequate light
A single-storey extension was acceptable for daylight and sunlight but still left neighbours with unacceptably poor outlook.
No allowed example matched
No allowed Preston comparator
This snapshot has no allowed local example for this issue.
Show outlook as well as light
The dismissed extension had no daylight or sunlight harm, but its outlook was still unacceptably poor.
Address parking disturbance
The car park proposal was found likely to cause significant noise and disturbance, rather than showing those effects would be avoided.
Your refusal notice
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- Does the refusal identify outlook separately from daylight and sunlight?
- Could parking, access or activity cause noise or disturbance for neighbours?
- Do your drawings show how neighbouring homes retain privacy, light and outlook?
The matched local set has no allowed appeal, and a selected decision also considered character and appearance. These decisions do not predict another result.
Appeal evidence examples
Read the reasoning in matched appeal decisions
Each example separates the development, the Inspector-stated issue that selected it, and the reasoning from the decision. Compare the facts as well as the outcome: these examples do not predict how a different proposal would be decided.
Dismissed appeal examples
5 examples
24 March 2026 · Dismissed
Development described in the decision
Installation of hardstanding and alterations to form extension to existing car park to provide 65no parking spaces in total including erection of front boundary treatment and fence to north and west.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issues are the effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring residents, with particular regards to noise and disturbance, and on the character and appearance of the surrounding area.
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Reasoning from the decision
Nevertheless, I conclude that the development would cause significant harm to the living conditions of other neighbouring residents, with particular regards to noise and disturbance. It would conflict with Policy AD1(a) of the Preston Local Plan 2012-25 (2015) (LP) which permits development within an existing residential area where there would be no adverse impact on residential amenity, and where it would not lead to an over-intensification of use of a site.
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13 February 2026 · Dismissed
Development described in the decision
the addition of a first floor to an existing bungalow, the works will involve extending the height of the walls increasing the height to the ridge level, the works are to create improved accommodation for a disabled person to the ground floor and separate carer’s space.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of [address] and [address] with regard to outlook and daylight and sunlight.
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Reasoning from the decision
I have found that the living conditions of the occupiers of No [address] and No [address] would be harmed with regard to outlook and daylight and sunlight. This would conflict with Preston Local Plan 2012-262 policies AD1(a) / (b) and EN9 and Preston Local Plan 20043 saved policies D13 and H8 and the Residential and Extensions SPD4, which collectively seek to protect residential amenity, amongst other things. 1 Preston City Council – [name] & Alterations Supplementary Planning Document Final Version for Cabinet 2013 (SPD). 2 Preston City Council – Preston Local Plan 2012-26 Site Allocations & Development Management Policies Adopted 2 July 2015. 3 Preston City Council – Preston Local Plan 1996 – 2006, adopted 26 April 2004. 4 Preston City Council – [name] & Alterations Supplementary Planning Document Final Version for [name] 2013 (SPD).
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12 March 2025 · Dismissed
Development described in the decision
a hip to gable roof enlargement and rear dormer.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issues in this appeal are the effect of the proposed development on (i) the character and appearance of the area and the host property itself; and (ii) the living conditions of neighbouring properties.
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Reasoning from the decision
I conclude that the proposed development would harm living conditions of occupants of neighbouring properties. There would be conflict with Policy AD1(a) of the Allocations & Development Management Plan, Policies D13 and H8 of the Local Plan which seek amongst other things to protect the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring properties. There is also conflict with the SPD which echoes the Development Plan policies.
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17 July 2023 · Dismissed
Development described in the decision
a rear single storey extension to form single level living space for a disabled person.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of [address], with particular regard to outlook and light.
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Reasoning from the decision
Whilst the appeal scheme would not be harmful in terms of daylight and sunlight, it would still be harmful to the living conditions of the occupiers of [address] due to an unacceptably poor outlook. Accordingly, the proposal would conflict with the objectives of Policies D13 and H8 of the Preston Local Plan (2004) and Policy AD1(a) of the Preston Local Plan 2012-26 (2015), which together broadly require new development to safeguard the living conditions of neighbouring residents.
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20 December 2021 · Dismissed
Development described in the decision
a roof extension including loft conversion.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issues are the effect of the development, firstly, on the character and appearance of the host property and the surrounding area and, secondly, on the living conditions of the occupiers of No [address] with regard to overlooking and privacy.
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Reasoning from the decision
For the above reasons, I conclude that the development would not harm the living conditions of the occupiers of No [address] with regard to overlooking and privacy. It would therefore accord with the relevant sections of saved Policies H8 and D13 of the Preston Local Plan (2004), Policy AD1(a) of the Preston Local Plan (Site Allocations and Development Management Policies) (2015), and guidance contained in the [name] & [name] (2013), which seek to protect neighbouring residential amenity.
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