Appeal 3273741
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 sections
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Section 01
Development description
a single storey rear extension.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is whether occupants of the appeal property would have adequate usable private amenity space as a result of the proposal.
Section 04
Reasons
The appeal property is a mid-terraced dwelling located in a residential area with a modest sized rear yard. Neighbouring terraces also have modest rear yards owing to the tight-knit character of the area, the layout of development and due to rear extensions.
The Council estimate that the existing amenity space would reduce from around 16m2 to just under 10m2. Either figure falls significantly below the minimum level for private amenity space set out in the Residential Amenity Supplementary Planning Document (SPD). The SPD explains that amenity spaces should be practical and usable.
The proposed amenity space would be a narrow space which would not be conducive for children’s play. It is likely only to serve as a mean of access to and from the rear alleyway or as an area to dry washing. Whilst occupants use private amenity spaces differently, and I recognise the limitations of the existing space, the proposal would not allow for any recreational activity which is important given the dwelling offers accommodation for a small family even if the proposed extension would provide additional living space.
There are rear extensions nearby, including at [address], but I do not have the full details or circumstances before me of how these came to be. Nor is there any confirmation that they benefit from planning permission, do not require permission or are now immune from enforcement proceedings. These extensions do not therefore justify the appeal proposal.
Accordingly, I conclude that the occupants of the appeal property would not have adequate usable private amenity space as a result of the proposal. Conflict would therefore be caused with Policy CS03 of the [name] and saved Policy PS10 of the Local Plan, the SPD and paragraph 130 of the National Planning Policy Framework; which jointly seek to ensure that occupants of different types of households are provided with amenity space.
Section 05
Conclusion
The proposal does not accord with the Development Plan as a whole and there are no other considerations, including the Framework, that indicate that I should take a different decision other than in accordance with this.
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 245No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 14 October 2021Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 11 October 2021 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3273741
- Application reference
- 20201879
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Leicester City Council
- Planning authority code
- E06000016
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
- 1. Refused planning permission
- 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
- 11 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
- 24 April 2021
- Valid date
- 10 June 2021
- Start date
- 31 August 2021
- Planning authority decision date
- 19 March 2021
- Appeal decision date
- 14 October 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
- 4642
- 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