Appeal 3272567
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 sections
Read the development description and the Inspector’s text from the official decision PDF in source order. Source headings are retained where available. Personal and contact details are removed by an automated privacy filter; this is source material, not Rules for You analysis.
Section 01
Development description
an application for an additional storey to a property. Additional storey under new Permitted Development Class AA.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Procedural Matters
Since the time the appeal was submitted, the revised National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) has been published in July 2021. My decision is made in the context of the revised Framework.
A Daylight and [name] dated 23 March 2021 was submitted with the appeal. The Council have commented on its findings and conclude that had this information been forthcoming with the original submission, it would have negated the second reason for refusal. I have no reason to dispute the Council’s view on the matter and therefore the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of Number [address] are not in dispute.
Section 04
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the external appearance of the dwellinghouse.
Section 05
[name] of the dwelling
The immediate area is characterised by two storey dwellings along short terraces located in blocks that appear to be built as a planned estate in recent times.
The appeal property is located in a row of virtually identical house types although a feature of the row is the end house of [address]. It sits perpendicular to the appeal property. Whilst it is part of the terrace, it returns onto [address] as it is orientated in a different direction to the rest of the row.
From what I saw when I visited, the appeal building has evidently been designed to form an integral part of the terrace of two storey houses. The façade of the building and the disposition and proportion of the door and window openings, and its other architectural features, would have been designed with this in mind.
The proposed materials and roof cover would correspond with the host dwelling. The fenestration pattern would also align with the existing fenestration. Whilst overall, the architectural detailing would match that of the existing dwelling, the additional storey would significantly add to the height of the building. The resultant eaves and roofline would obtrusively project above that of the neighbouring houses.
By adding an extra floor above, the development as proposed would fundamentally alter the architectural composition of the property within this street context and consequently would have a harmful effect on the external appearance of the dwellinghouse as a result of its inconsistency with the remainder of the terrace.
It would therefore result in the property appearing prominent and incongruous thus would unacceptably harm the character and appearance of the local area.
To conclude, the proposal would not comply with Policy IS3 of the Wandsworth Local Plan Core Strategy 2016, and policies DMS 1 and DMH 5 of the Development Management Policies Document 2016 and The Housing Supplementary Planning Document 2016 in their combined design aims. In addition, it would conflict with the Framework in its objectives to promote high quality buildings and to achieve well designed places.
The appeal is therefore dismissed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 296No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 24 August 2021Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 4 August 2021 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3272567
- Application reference
- 2020/4484
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- London Borough of Wandsworth
- Planning authority code
- E09000032
Casework details
The casework, procedure, development and linking details supplied by the official record.
- Casework type
- Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development type
- Householder developments
- Appeal type reason
- 3. Refused prior approval of permitted development rights
- Appeal reason
- Refusal
- Type detail
- Planning Appeals - Full
- Jurisdiction
- Transferred
- Link status
- Not Linked
Site and development
Published appeal-site measurements and planning designations, without the withheld precise location fields.
- Site area
- Not recorded
- Floor space
- 38 m²
- Number of residences
- 1
- 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
- 6 April 2021
- Valid date
- 6 April 2021
- Start date
- 15 June 2021
- Planning authority decision date
- 12 January 2021
- Appeal decision date
- 24 August 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
- 2263
- 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