An appeal has been launched against a decision by the council to reject the building of a balcony at a property in Bromley Cross.

The owner of a home on Darwen Road had sought permission to transform the back of the property to create a balcony.

The addition would have 3.3 metres wide and 3.59 metres wide.

None of the neighbouring properties have similar balconies.

Planning officers at the council highlighted areas of the plans which were said to be acceptable and unacceptable.

It said that bin storage and collection, access and garden amenity would be unaffected.

However, the council said it would be an “incongruous addition".

They said: “Due to the scale and design of the balcony, and lack of existing balconies to the rear of these dwellings the proposed balcony would appear as an incongruous addition, that would have a harmful effect on the character and appearance of the host dwelling and the surrounding area.”

Public objections were also raised about the impact of noise if the proposal were approved.

And in October this year the local authority rejected the plans.

A planning report said: “The proposed balcony by virtue of a combination of its scale, design, and siting and as the only example of such development in the local street scene and area, would appear as an obtrusive and a discordant feature within the street and would materially harm the character and appearance of the host building and the local area.

“Due to the tight grain of the residential environment in this terraced area, introducing a balcony of this scale would be invasive and harmful to neighbouring or surrounding amenity in terms of noise and disturbance.”

However the homeowner, Navin Patel, has now launched an appeal against the council’s decision.