England-wide appeal evidence
Neighbour living conditions in planning appeals
Compare source-linked planning appeal decisions from across England where the Inspector’s main issue matched the fixed “Neighbour living conditions” evidence query, by an exact configured phrase or close semantic meaning.
This page compares planning appeal decisions. It is not a count of planning-application refusal reasons and does not predict what would happen in a different case.
- Matched decision families
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- 6,749 appeal records represented
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- 6,749
- 2,172 allowed · 4,454 dismissed · 123 other
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- 24,060 of 83,947
- 24,107 of 91,212 current appeal records
Local appeal evidence
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Choose the council or planning authority that decided the application. Local pages are shown only where the published evidence snapshot meets the evidence and source checks.
Choose from 258 councils and planning authorities
- Adur District Council8 matched decision families
- Arun District Council12 matched decision families
- Ashford Borough Council5 matched decision families
- Babergh District Council9 matched decision families
- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council11 matched decision families
- Basildon Borough Council16 matched decision families
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council10 matched decision families
- Bassetlaw District Council6 matched decision families
- Bath and North East Somerset Council14 matched decision families
- Bedford Borough Council28 matched decision families
- Birmingham City Council79 matched decision families
- Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council13 matched decision families
- Blackpool Borough Council16 matched decision families
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council34 matched decision families
- Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk12 matched decision families
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council94 matched decision families
- Bracknell Forest Council10 matched decision families
- Braintree District Council20 matched decision families
- Breckland District Council12 matched decision families
- Brentwood Borough Council18 matched decision families
- Brighton and Hove City Council32 matched decision families
- Bristol City Council46 matched decision families
- Broadland District Council13 matched decision families
- Bromsgrove District Council5 matched decision families
- Broxbourne Borough Council17 matched decision families
- Broxtowe Borough Council11 matched decision families
- Buckinghamshire Council6 matched decision families
- Burnley Borough Council15 matched decision families
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council5 matched decision families
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council22 matched decision families
- Cambridge City Council15 matched decision families
- Canterbury City Council7 matched decision families
- Castle Point Borough Council18 matched decision families
- Central Bedfordshire Council37 matched decision families
- Charnwood Borough Council20 matched decision families
- Chelmsford City Council16 matched decision families
- Cheltenham Borough Council10 matched decision families
- Cherwell District Council21 matched decision families
- Cheshire East Council34 matched decision families
- Cheshire West and Chester Council28 matched decision families
- Chesterfield Borough Council7 matched decision families
- Chichester District Council10 matched decision families
- Chorley Borough Council7 matched decision families
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council65 matched decision families
- City of Westminster13 matched decision families
- City of Wolverhampton Council29 matched decision families
- City of York Council15 matched decision families
- Colchester City Council11 matched decision families
- Cornwall Council29 matched decision families
- Cotswold District Council11 matched decision families
- Coventry City Council34 matched decision families
- Crawley Borough Council18 matched decision families
- Dacorum Borough Council21 matched decision families
- Dartford Borough Council27 matched decision families
- Derby City Council6 matched decision families
- Derbyshire Dales District Council8 matched decision families
- Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council14 matched decision families
- Dorset Council51 matched decision families
- Dover District Council10 matched decision families
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council39 matched decision families
- Durham County Council13 matched decision families
- East Cambridgeshire District Council16 matched decision families
- East Devon District Council13 matched decision families
- East Hampshire District Council7 matched decision families
- East Hertfordshire District Council27 matched decision families
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council35 matched decision families
- East Staffordshire Borough Council13 matched decision families
- East Suffolk Council16 matched decision families
- Eastleigh Borough Council14 matched decision families
- Elmbridge Borough Council77 matched decision families
- Epping Forest District Council74 matched decision families
- Epsom and Ewell Borough Council18 matched decision families
- Exeter City Council27 matched decision families
- Fareham Borough Council6 matched decision families
- Folkestone and Hythe Council12 matched decision families
- Fylde Borough Council7 matched decision families
- Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council9 matched decision families
- Gedling Borough Council10 matched decision families
- Gloucester City Council23 matched decision families
- Gravesham Borough Council36 matched decision families
- Great Yarmouth Borough Council9 matched decision families
- Guildford Borough Council37 matched decision families
- Harborough District Council18 matched decision families
- Harlow District Council10 matched decision families
- Hart District Council16 matched decision families
- Hastings Borough Council9 matched decision families
- Havant Borough Council15 matched decision families
- Herefordshire Council6 matched decision families
- Hertsmere Borough Council20 matched decision families
- High Peak Borough Council8 matched decision families
- Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council9 matched decision families
- Horsham District Council10 matched decision families
- Hull City Council14 matched decision families
- Huntingdonshire District Council11 matched decision families
- Hyndburn Borough Council10 matched decision families
- Isle of Wight Council16 matched decision families
- Kirklees Council56 matched decision families
- Lancaster City Council14 matched decision families
- Leeds City Council143 matched decision families
- Leicester City Council53 matched decision families
- Lewes District Council14 matched decision families
- Lichfield District Council8 matched decision families
- Liverpool City Council67 matched decision families
- London Borough of Barking and Dagenham60 matched decision families
- London Borough of Barnet159 matched decision families
- London Borough of Bexley58 matched decision families
- London Borough of Brent70 matched decision families
- London Borough of Bromley167 matched decision families
- London Borough of Camden19 matched decision families
- London Borough of Croydon92 matched decision families
- London Borough of Ealing52 matched decision families
- London Borough of Enfield63 matched decision families
- London Borough of Hackney30 matched decision families
- London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham25 matched decision families
- London Borough of Haringey30 matched decision families
- London Borough of Harrow85 matched decision families
- London Borough of Havering168 matched decision families
- London Borough of Hillingdon131 matched decision families
- London Borough of Hounslow116 matched decision families
- London Borough of Islington22 matched decision families
- London Borough of Lambeth45 matched decision families
- London Borough of Lewisham30 matched decision families
- London Borough of Merton54 matched decision families
- London Borough of Newham38 matched decision families
- London Borough of Redbridge88 matched decision families
- London Borough of Richmond upon Thames80 matched decision families
- London Borough of Southwark21 matched decision families
- London Borough of Sutton39 matched decision families
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets21 matched decision families
- London Borough of Waltham Forest72 matched decision families
- London Borough of Wandsworth33 matched decision families
- Luton Borough Council68 matched decision families
- Maidstone Borough Council15 matched decision families
- Maldon District Council19 matched decision families
- Malvern Hills District Council5 matched decision families
- Manchester City Council41 matched decision families
- Medway Council16 matched decision families
- Mid Suffolk District Council9 matched decision families
- Mid Sussex District Council12 matched decision families
- Middlesbrough Borough Council28 matched decision families
- Milton Keynes City Council18 matched decision families
- Mole Valley District Council31 matched decision families
- New Forest District Council12 matched decision families
- Newark and Sherwood District Council11 matched decision families
- Newcastle City Council15 matched decision families
- North Devon District Council5 matched decision families
- North East Derbyshire District Council7 matched decision families
- North Hertfordshire District Council10 matched decision families
- North Kesteven District Council6 matched decision families
- North Lincolnshire Council7 matched decision families
- North Norfolk District Council11 matched decision families
- North Northamptonshire Council31 matched decision families
- North Somerset Council17 matched decision families
- North Tyneside Council12 matched decision families
- North Yorkshire Council29 matched decision families
- Northumberland County Council28 matched decision families
- Nottingham City Council18 matched decision families
- Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council10 matched decision families
- Oadby and Wigston Borough Council12 matched decision families
- Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council16 matched decision families
- Oxford City Council28 matched decision families
- Pendle Borough Council16 matched decision families
- Peterborough City Council17 matched decision families
- Plymouth City Council7 matched decision families
- Portsmouth City Council26 matched decision families
- Preston City Council8 matched decision families
- Reading Borough Council11 matched decision families
- Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council10 matched decision families
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council33 matched decision families
- Ribble Valley Borough Council10 matched decision families
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council26 matched decision families
- Rochford District Council8 matched decision families
- Rossendale Borough Council11 matched decision families
- Rother District Council11 matched decision families
- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council15 matched decision families
- Royal Borough of Greenwich71 matched decision families
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea44 matched decision families
- Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames57 matched decision families
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead30 matched decision families
- Rugby Borough Council7 matched decision families
- Runnymede Borough Council7 matched decision families
- Rushcliffe Borough Council17 matched decision families
- Salford City Council12 matched decision families
- Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council22 matched decision families
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council20 matched decision families
- Sevenoaks District Council24 matched decision families
- Sheffield City Council37 matched decision families
- Shropshire Council19 matched decision families
- Slough Borough Council40 matched decision families
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council15 matched decision families
- Somerset Council10 matched decision families
- South Cambridgeshire District Council17 matched decision families
- South Gloucestershire Council40 matched decision families
- South Hams District Council31 matched decision families
- South Kesteven District Council7 matched decision families
- South Norfolk District Council8 matched decision families
- South Oxfordshire District Council6 matched decision families
- South Ribble Borough Council5 matched decision families
- South Tyneside Council10 matched decision families
- Southampton City Council19 matched decision families
- Southend-on-Sea Borough Council43 matched decision families
- Spelthorne Borough Council26 matched decision families
- St Albans City and District Council41 matched decision families
- St Helens Council7 matched decision families
- Stafford Borough Council8 matched decision families
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council17 matched decision families
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council15 matched decision families
- Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council10 matched decision families
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council5 matched decision families
- Stratford-on-Avon District Council12 matched decision families
- Stroud District Council20 matched decision families
- Sunderland City Council9 matched decision families
- Surrey Heath Borough Council26 matched decision families
- Swale Borough Council15 matched decision families
- Swindon Borough Council23 matched decision families
- Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council20 matched decision families
- Tandridge District Council21 matched decision families
- Teignbridge District Council31 matched decision families
- Telford & Wrekin Council7 matched decision families
- Tendring District Council14 matched decision families
- Test Valley Borough Council6 matched decision families
- Tewkesbury Borough Council15 matched decision families
- Thanet District Council11 matched decision families
- Three Rivers District Council19 matched decision families
- Thurrock Council19 matched decision families
- Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council9 matched decision families
- Torbay Council50 matched decision families
- Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council25 matched decision families
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council7 matched decision families
- Uttlesford District Council15 matched decision families
- Vale of White Horse District Council7 matched decision families
- Wakefield Metropolitan District Council25 matched decision families
- Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council20 matched decision families
- Warrington Borough Council25 matched decision families
- Warwick District Council17 matched decision families
- Watford Borough Council21 matched decision families
- Waverley Borough Council20 matched decision families
- Wealden District Council10 matched decision families
- Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council13 matched decision families
- West Berkshire Council21 matched decision families
- West Devon Borough Council9 matched decision families
- West Lancashire Borough Council7 matched decision families
- West Lindsey District Council8 matched decision families
- West Northamptonshire Council22 matched decision families
- West Oxfordshire District Council6 matched decision families
- West Suffolk Council9 matched decision families
- Westmorland and Furness Council5 matched decision families
- Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council15 matched decision families
- Wiltshire Council31 matched decision families
- Winchester City Council6 matched decision families
- Wirral Borough Council30 matched decision families
- Woking Borough Council38 matched decision families
- Wokingham Borough Council11 matched decision families
- Worcester City Council14 matched decision families
- Worthing Borough Council12 matched decision families
- Wychavon District Council9 matched decision families
- Wyre Borough Council12 matched decision families
- Wyre Forest District Council9 matched decision families
Appeal evidence examples
Compare allowed and dismissed appeal reasoning
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.
Allowed appeal examples
4 examples
25 September 2023 · Allowed
Development described in the decision
the construction of a balcony/terrace area off principal bedroom-on top of existing single storey roof.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of [address] with regard to privacy.
Paragraph 4 · Source page 1
Reasoning from the decision
On the main issue, I conclude that the additional overlooking possible would have no significant impact on the living conditions of the occupiers of No 17. Consequently, there is no conflict with Policies SP1 and CS22 of the Hertsmere Local Plan: [name], Policy SADM30 of the Site Allocations Development Management Policies Plan, the Council’s Planning and [name], or Policy HD3 and the [name] within The Radlett Plan 2020-2036 insofar as they aim to safeguard residential amenity. It also complies with the National Planning Policy Framework, which states that developments should create places with a high standard of amenity for existing and future users.
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27 September 2021 · Allowed
Development described in the decision
a ground floor lounge extension with first floor balcony over plus lower ground floor extension to provide additional facilities.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of [address] with respect to privacy.
Paragraph 2 · Source page 1
Reasoning from the decision
To my mind, neither the revised decking, the new window nor the new first floor balcony would lead to any significant reduction to the privacy of the occupiers of No 11. There would therefore be no conflict with policies WE8 or S1 of the Teignbridge Local Plan 2013-2033, both of which, amongst other things, require that development does not reduce the level of privacy enjoyed by the occupiers of neighbouring property.
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1 April 2026 · Allowed
Development described in the decision
second storey rear and side extensions over existing single storey elements plus associated internal alteration.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of [address] with particular reference to privacy.
Paragraph 2 · Source page 1
Reasoning from the decision
In conclusion, the proposal would not have a significant harmful effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of [address] with reference to privacy. It would accord with Policy CSP18 of the Tandridge District Core Strategy (adopted 15 October 2008) and Policy DP7 of the Tandridge District Local Plan Part 2: [name] 2014 – 2029 (adopted July 2014). These policies (amongst other things) state that development must not significantly harm the amenities and privacy of occupiers of neighbouring properties (including their private amenity space) by reason of overlooking or its overshadowing or overbearing effect. It would also comply with paragraph 135 (f) of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024) which seeks to ensure a high standard of amenity for existing and future users.
Paragraph 11 · Source pages 2, 3
4 November 2024 · Allowed
Development described in the decision
described as the ‘removal of porch and erection of a single storey extension at the front of the house, with a balcony at first floor level.’
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of No [address] with specific regard to privacy.
Paragraph 3 · Source page 1
Reasoning from the decision
For this and the above reasons, I am not persuaded that, although the balcony does undoubtedly create opportunities for limited views of No.35’s windows, any additional impact would not be so significant as to be unacceptable in the existing context. As a result, the proposal would comply with Policies of QOP 2 and HOU 9 of the Northumberland Local Plan 2021, which aim to safeguard the living conditions and privacy of neighbouring occupiers amongst other things.
Paragraph 6 · Source page 2
Dismissed appeal examples
1 example
20 July 2022 · Dismissed
Development described in the decision
a two storey rear extension.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupants of [address], with particular regard to privacy.
Paragraph 2 · Source page 1
Reasoning from the decision
I therefore conclude that the proposed development would have a significant adverse effect on the living conditions of the occupants of [address], with regard to privacy. It would therefore conflict with Policy QE6 of the Warrington Local Plan Core Strategy (2014) which requires development to respect the living conditions of existing neighbouring residential occupiers in relation to, amongst other things, overlooking/loss of privacy, an objective shared with the SPD.
Paragraph 9 · Source page 2