A WOMAN is appealing a council’s decision not to allow her to open a window in her home just 5cm – a couple of inches.

Lynn Taylor has appealed against the decision by Fareham borough councillors, who refused permission for a change in the planning conditions so a bathroom rooflight could be opened at the family home in Haven Crescent, Hill Head.

She wanted to be able to open the rooflight, fitted with a restrictor allowing it to open 5cm, so the bathroom could be aired.

Council officers recommend the current application get permission as long as details were provided of a suitable restrictive window.

However, councillors refused the application in June because opening the rooflight in their opinion could mean it was possible to overlook another property.

A Ggovernment-appointed inspector will decide the case through written representations.