I WAS informed recently that the development control officer of the city's planning and sustainable development department had approved a two-storey extension to a semi-detached house which will extend to the boundary of the gap between the adjoining block of houses.
I had opposed the extension on the grounds that it could lead to "solid block" housing and negate the sound architectural ideas behind this inter-war private house development.
This project could now be the precursor to an eyesore development on an attractive site.
No consultations were made by the council's officers - who made the decision - with the 50 or so inhabitants of this part of Fifth Avenue.
This sort of action doesn't do much for the cause of vigorous local government.
A Radford,
Fifth Avenue,
York.
Updated: 11:06 Wednesday, September 15, 2004
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