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Strain on services including drains
Strain on services including drains
Mrs Fuchs-Khakhar thought that the occupation of two new houses in an estate that already comprises 21 dwellings would put an undesirable strain on services. The new houses represent a net increase of only one house and in the circumstances it is unlikely that services will be overwhelmed. Moreover, we have no evidence, either anecdotally or from an expert to judge whether there is any merit in the submission.
- Heading
- Introduction
- Background: the High Elms estate
- The legal background
- The application
- The grounds for the application
- Title to the land proposed to be developed
- Section 7
- The objectors
- Covenant 3(c) in the 1967 conveyance
- The remaining covenants: grounds (aa) and (c)
- Open aspect and the prevention of over-development
- Potential effect on other development proposals in High Elms
- Overlooking
- Damage to structures including the listed wall
- Strain on services including drains
- Loss of access, and loss of view, for Forest House
- Conclusion on ground (aa)
- Ground (c)
- Conclusions