Your comments on the planning application | Dear Sir or Madam, I vehemently object to this proposal. I will be directly and severely impacted by the plans. My property is at the rear of no.5 Fellows Rd on the first floor, right next to the proposed extension, adjoining it. The flat is small – around 400 square feet. THERE IS ONLY ONE SOURCE OF LIGHT INTO THE LIVING ROOM. This extension at over 2metres would significantly diminish the volume of light entering this main room of the property, totally altering both the aspect and quality of life in the flat.
Please consider that in a small flat with just 2 windows in total – the above proposal will MATERIALLY UNDERMINE MY MAIN SOURCE OF NATURAL LIGHT. Without this, the bright airy flat which benefits from light throughout the day will be irreversibly changed and darkened.
I bought my flat for three reasons – the great light it receives – especially from the south, the views, and the balcony.
My view is largely green and spacious, eg over the gardens and allotments. This is a vital part of the flat’s charm and under proposals would be obscured by a brick wall. The balcony which is a much enjoyed space and a source of plants and flowers, will be in shadow, with the brick wall blocking out valuable light from the south.
The size and internal configuration of flat 5D MUST be taken into account when considering this application, yet nobody has visited my flat to see this. I implore that planners PLEASE COME AND SEE INSIDE to appreciate that in a flat this small, significantly reducing the main source of light would destroy it. The scale of the extension is unacceptable as it would impinge on the right to light into, and the view over the gardens and allotments to the rear.
At least 3 flats in our building received NO notification of this application so we are very concerned about process - also about structural soundness (see attached document).
The benefit to one single property should surely not override the damage caused to multiple others' |