‘Harmful’ Whitby granny annexe plans rejected following objections

​Proposals to build a residential annexe for the mother of the owner of a Whitby house has been rejected by the council after neighbours warned of the impact of a proposed ‘parking platform’.

​The property at Westlands Avenue is located in a residential area of Whitby, less than half a mile from the town centre.

​Officers said that the proposed parking area would “harmfully interrupt an established boundary treatment, and its visual appearance would juxtapose harshly with the pleasant backdrop of the site, and the surrounding established residential area”.

9 Westlands Avenue, Garden Looking West. Applicant

​Planners also noted that the two-bed annexe would be located close to the neighbouring dwelling at Southlands Avenue, and it would result in an “unacceptable feeling of dominance and enclosure on this neighbouring property”.

​According to a council report, the proposed outdoor area would not be adequate for a two-bed and stated that the limited level of outdoor provision would result in “a cramped living space for future occupants and significantly harm the amenities for future occupiers of the annexe”.

Proposed Elevations, 9 Westlands Avenue. Applicant

Planning officers concluded: “It is clear that the level of parking and amenity for the proposed annexe could not be adequately provided for within the site, the sum of which would be parking serving the site which would overspill off-site into other residential areas, causing detrimental harm to the public highway.”

​The application was refused by North Yorkshire Council on Friday, May 22.

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