Edinburgh resident told to remove EV chargers he installed without permission

An Edinburgh man has been ordered to rebuild his entrance backyard after turning it right into a driveway and putting in electrical car chargers.

Phillip Marinello bought caught out after finishing up the work without getting the inexperienced gentle from the council first.

After lodging retrospective plans the native authority mentioned the modifications made to his Slateford dwelling didn’t slot in with the character of the native space.

A choice was issued on the case final week refusing planning permission and demanding the resident remove the automobiles and paving slabs on the entrance of the Moat Street property.

In addition a boundary fence eliminated to enable automobiles to park within the driveway may have to be returned, or the council might take additional motion. However, the applicant additionally has the choice to enchantment the choice.

A report by planning officers praised Mr Marinello for having “due regard to global climate and nature crisis” and mentioned the modifications “will not result in an unreasonable loss of neighbouring amenity”.

However, it added: “The works will not be suitable with the present dwelling and surrounding neighbourhood character.

“There are no material considerations which indicate that the retrospective and proposed work should be granted.”

Planners mentioned changing an in depth portion of the backyard with exhausting landscaping could be “overly dominant” and there have been ‘limited examples’ of comparable developments within the surrounding space.

They added: “The scale and design of the double driveway would impact the visual and environmental quality of the neighbourhood and is not compatible with the host building or surrounding area.”