A PROPOSED extension to a Windsor home in a residential street would be an “eyesore to all”, according to neighbours.

Mr and Mrs Garlick of 211 Maidenhead Road submitted plans to the Royal Borough and have asked permission to replace their veranda and gazebo by erecting a four-metre deep single-storey rear extension.

The roof will have a ridge height of 3.4 metres and eaves at 2.1 metres.

Since the application was submitted, 10 objections have been lodged to the development – with ward councillor Carole Da Costa calling it in for members on the Windsor and Ascot development management committee to decide.

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Neighbours on Maidenhead Road fear if this application is approved, the ‘overbearing’ extension will block sunlight from their homes and gardens, overlooking into their houses, and the design is ‘not in keeping’ with the area – with one resident calling it an “eyesore to all”.

One objector said: “Due to the significant size of this extension it will be visible from all areas of my garden and is clearly not in keeping with any other extension on this row of Victorian terraces.

“In short ‘it would be an eyesore to all’. The proposed Velux roof lights on the west elevation would give all inhabitants a direct view up to my bathroom window.

 

Layout of the extension

Layout of the extension

 

“I must object as this is impacting on my privacy. With the large double garage, they already have at the end of the garden along with the proposed new extension to the rear of the house, this plot will end up with very little green space and would be overdeveloped in ratio to the size of the building plot.

“This would then set a precedent for anyone along this row of houses to try and do the same. This worries me greatly.”

Another neighbour said she will consider moving if the plans are given the go-ahead as the extension would cast a shadow over her private garden, threatening her ‘quality of life’.

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But planning officers disagreed and recommended the committee should approve the plans, saying the eaves of the proposed gabled roof have been reduced which would not adversely impact on loss of light.

They also say there are no side-facing windows on the extension to result in loss of privacy, and the design of the extension and roof are in scale of the area and do not “appear obstructive” to the street scene.

Councillors on the planning committee will decide the application’s fate on Wednesday, September 1.