Appeal 3269072
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
6 sections
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Section 01
Development description
a two storey side extension.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Preliminary Matters
The disputed condition is No.3 which requires that the external materials of the extension match those of the existing building.
Section 04
Main Issue
The main issue is whether the condition is necessary having regard to the character and appearance of the area.
Section 05
Reasons
Policy D1 of the Barnsley Local Plan (the LP) requires, amongst other matters, that development is of a high quality design that respects and reinforces local character, including materials of the built form in the locality.
The elevations of the existing property are brick, with the exception of the first floor bay window that is clad in a tile. This is in keeping with the neighbouring properties.
The application plans detail the materials sought to be used in the extension, specifically being horizontal cladding to the front elevation at first floor level and render to the ground floor level and all of the side and rear elevations, a brick plinth is shown at the base of the extension.
The appellant details that it is the “intention to uplift the appearance of the dwelling by giving it a subtle contemporary finish”. However, it is apparent from the appellant’s Statement of Case that the use of render and cladding would be restricted to the extension only and as such the extension would contrast unfavourably with the appeal property and surrounding area, failing to respect and reinforce the local character contrary to Policy D1 of the LP.
The appellant has suggested that the wording of the appeal fails the relevant tests set out in the Planning Practice Guidance (PPG). Specifically, that conditions placed on the planning permission require adherence to the approved plans and the use of matching materials.
The conditions used by the Council appear to be of a standard and unaltered wording. While it would have been advantageous, in the interests of clarity, to have worded the conditions very slightly differently, it is nonetheless my planning judgement that the conditions are sufficiently clear in their purpose and requirements to meet the requirements of the PPG.
I therefore find that the condition is necessary to protect the character and appearance of the area in accordance with Policy D1 and complies with the tests set out in PPG.
Section 06
Conclusion
For the reasons given above I conclude that the appeal should be dismissed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 536No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 14 September 2021Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 15 June 2021 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3269072
- Application reference
- 2020/1030
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E08000016
Casework details
The casework, procedure, development and linking details supplied by the official record.
- Casework type
- Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development type
- Other minor developments
- Appeal type reason
- 4. Grant planning permission for the development subject to conditions to which you object
- Appeal reason
- Appeal Against Conditions
- Type detail
- Planning Appeals - Other
- Jurisdiction
- Transferred
- Link status
- Not Linked
Site and development
Published appeal-site measurements and planning designations, without the withheld precise location fields.
- Site area
- 0.03 hectares
- Floor space
- 61 m²
- Number of residences
- 0
- Site in Green Belt
- No
- Agricultural holding
- No
- Affects setting of a listed building
- Not recorded
- Historic building grant made
- Not recorded
- Relates to a conservation area
- Not recorded
- Flooding is an issue
- Not recorded
- Site within an AONB
- Not recorded
- Site within an SSSI
- Not recorded
Decision and dates
The published outcome and every imported case date.
- Official decision
- Dismissed
- Decision category
- Dismissed
- Received date
- 16 February 2021
- Valid date
- 16 February 2021
- Start date
- 6 April 2021
- Planning authority decision date
- 26 November 2020
- Appeal decision date
- 14 September 2021
Case administration
Published recovery, call-in, costs and enforcement information for this case.
- Redetermined
- No
- Bespoke
- No
- Date recovered
- Not recorded
- Date not recovered or derecovered
- Not recorded
- Call-in date
- Not recorded
- Costs applied for
- Not recorded
- Enforcement grounds count
- Not recorded
- Enforcement grounds
- Not recorded
Source and catalogue history
When this record appeared in the rolling official release and when the catalogue stored it.
- Source
- Planning Inspectorate casework database
- Source data system
- Horizon
- Dataset status
- Current release
- Catalogue record ID
- 3131
- First seen
- 20 August 2026 at 14:24
- Last seen
- 20 August 2026 at 16:25
- Removed from release
- Not recorded
- Record created
- 20 August 2026 at 14:24
- Record updated
- 24 August 2026 at 16:21