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29 Shortcross Avenue Woodthorpe Nottinghamshire NG3 5JX

2025/0683Householder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 19 December 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Construction of balcony and staircase.

Received
9 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Woodthorpe Ward 2015
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.5 Nov
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 29 Shortcross Avenue Woodthorpe Nottinghamshire NG3 5JX. Gedling has handled 1,040 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Gedling's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Woodthorpe Ward 2015. We hold 498 applications in total for the NG3 postcode area.

93% of full applications at Gedling Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed balcony would only be 8 metres from the rear boundary with the property to the rear at 30 Melbury Road. This would result in an unacceptable impact in relation to overlooking to the rear garden area of this neighbouring property. The proposed balcony would also have insufficient screening to the side which would lead to unacceptable overlooking of the neighbouring properties at 27 and 31 Shortcross Avenue. This would be contrary to Policies LPD 32 and LPD 43 of the Gedling Local Planning Document 2018.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NG3 5JX
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2025
Consultation expiry
5 November 2025
Consultation end
5 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
15 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
5 November 2025
Target decision date
8 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Joe Davies
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14279522
Documents
13
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Gedling

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