Appeal 3276140
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 sections
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Section 01
Development description
the erection of a part two/part single-storey front, side and rear extensions incorporating a new window to front, roof lights and the conversion of garage into habitable space.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the host building and the surrounding area.
Section 04
Reasons
The appeal property is a 2-storey semi-detached house. It is located in a residential street comprising a mix of detached and semi-detached houses. These properties have a mix of hipped and gable ended roofs and some include side additions. The appeal property would have originally been a mirror image of its attached pair, [address]. As far as can be ascertained through the dense vegetation that surrounds No.16, this property has a flat-roofed side addition above its garage so the original arrangement has been disrupted.
The proposal would include a first floor level side addition, the expansion of the roof above this addition, the formation of single and 2-storey rear additions plus a ground floor level addition at the front. The extended roof would have a steeply pitched roof to the side which would be at odds with the shallower side pitches of nearby properties. In addition, it would significantly disrupt what remains of the symmetry between the appeal property and its attached pair.
I note that a Lawful Development Certificate has been issued to confirm that a hip-to-gable roof addition and rear dormer at the appeal property would be permitted development. I consider that there is a high likelihood that this scheme would go ahead and therefore attribute significant weight to it. I recognise that this scheme would also harm the symmetry of the pair. However it would result in less additional bulk at roof level than the appeal proposal and, as gable-ended roofs are a common characteristic of the street, the permitted scheme would be a less jarring element in the street scene compared a the steeply-sided expanded roof above a side addition.
I therefore conclude that, due to its height, bulk and form, the proposal would have an unacceptable effect on the character and appearance of the host building and the surrounding area. Consequently, it fails to accord with Policies CS8 and CS17 of the [name] (2011) and Policy DM2 of the Development Management Plan (2015) (DMP) which together require all new development to achieve high quality design based on an understanding of local character. There is also conflict with the aims of the [name] and Character Supplementary Planning Document (2012).
Section 05
Conclusion
For the reasons set out above, and having regard to all other matters raised, I conclude that the appeal should fail.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 246No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 28 September 2021Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 10 September 2021 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3276140
- Application reference
- 2021/0207
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000207
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
- 40 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
- 31 May 2021
- Valid date
- 31 May 2021
- Start date
- 18 August 2021
- Planning authority decision date
- 16 April 2021
- Appeal decision date
- 28 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
- No
- 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
- 3887
- 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