A PLAN to convert a bungalow into a house at Lymm by raising the roof level and adding rooms in the roof space has triggered objections from neighbours.
The scheme would result in a “massive increase” in height, according to one objector.
Lymm Parish Council and Cllr Sheila Woodyatt also objected on the grounds of overdevelopment of the site in Whitbarrow Road.
As a result, the borough council’s planning committee decided to visit the site before reaching a decision.
The application by Liam Sammon is for a first floor extension to provided two extra bedrooms on a new first floor, a terrace and a Juliette balcony.
It would result in the roof being raised by about 1,500mm.
The plan was originally submitted last year but was withdrawn and reduced in scale following concern from neighbours and officers.
But officers now say the bungalow is not of significant architectural value and the changes are acceptable They say the building will not be significantly larger and will preserve the character and appearance of the Lymm Central Conservation Area.
One neighbour says the new, five bedroomed house will have no synergy with the traditional buildings in the road.
“The new design perpetuates indiscriminate architecture which blights parts of Lymm and was allowed in the past – it is totally out of keeping with the character of the surrounding conservation area,” he says.
A PLAN to convert a bungalow into a house at Lymm by raising the roof
level and adding rooms in the roof space has triggered objections from
neighbours.
Bungalow plan angers neighbours
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