CL5 — Living Conditions.

The Council will require all development ensures g existing and neighbouring buildings. To deliver this the Council will: a. require applicants to take into account the preva b. ensure that good standards of daylight and sun and in existing properties affected by new deve substandard, that there should be no material w c. require that there is reasonable visual privacy fo occupants of existing properties affected by new d. require that there is no harmful increase in the s spaces, neighbouring gardens, balconies and te of conservation areas. It is the overall design, the area’s character, that will be the determinant able living conditions. ght conditions are good, both inside buildings and cil will have regard to the most recent Building h for new development, and for properties affected likely to occur where the amount of adjoining situated within the lower floors of buildings with calculation to assess daylighting and sunlighting ese situations; on-site judgment will often be f about 18 metres between opposite habitable e acceptable to most people, but there are many ough of distances less than this. Privacy of nt. xtensions can be visually intrusive and result in iet enjoyment of neighbouring residential a valuable small area of open space for residents. of enclosure can significantly reduce the quality de. The impact on the sense of enclosure, is by the development in its final form, as well as itions of building users, through increased traffic, addition to impacts created by the development’s oclimatic effects. The anticipated level of activity as mate should be taken into consideration. good living conditions for occupants of new, ailing characteristics of the area; nlight are achieved in new development elopment; and where they are already worsening of the conditions; or occupants of new development and for w development; sense of enclosure to existing buildings and erraces; e. require that the reasonable enjoyment of the us is not harmed due to increases in traffic, servici vibration or local microclimatic effects. Small Scale Alterations And Additions 22.3.42 There is great pressure for the adaptatio 22.3.43 Small-scale alterations and additions com of a building or its curtilage, including ba shutters (and other security equipment), railings, walls, piers, gates, forecourt par which that are not advertisements, servic barriers to access. 22.3.44 Although small alterations and additions unsympathetically designed and sited, th building or its setting. It is the individual a alterations and additions which can nega quality townscape. Their control is, there 22.3.45 A high proportion of the borough’s dwelli permitted development rights, buildings ownership, do not have such rights. The applications affecting these types of prop additions across the building can ensure maintained.

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