[2024] UKUT 00164 (LC)

As for RD2, the approved plan for RD3 shows the footprint of the original dwelling and the footprint of ND1A. RD3 has a total floor area 35% larger than RD2. It has three bedrooms, a bathroom, an ensuite shower room and a study on the first floor. At ground floor is a fourth bedroom with en suite shower room, a living room, a large kitchen/living/dining room, a utility/WC and separate laundry room. In the basement are a media room and home gym, both larger than for RD2, and a bathroom. As with RD2, light to those rooms would come from a stepped terrace and a light well.

The southern elevation of RD3, facing Kestor, has a cropped hipped gable, similar to RD2, but the width of the gable end is 1.0m greater at 6.2m. The ridge height of the gable end is the same as for RD2, but the ridge height of the main part of the house is higher. The first floor of the gable end is 4.87m from the boundary, as for RD2, but a little wider. The separation of the single storey element from the boundary with Kestor is 2.64m along the full width of 11m. The applicant says that the ground floor level of RD3 along this elevation is lowered by 0.4m (compared with RD2) to compensate for the greater width. There is a kitchen window in the single storey element which, under a planning condition, must have obscure glazing up to 1.7m. The first floor window is high level, as for RD2.