Appeal 3284737
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 sections
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Section 01
Development description
No verified development description has been extracted from an official decision PDF yet.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the development having regard to the character of the dwelling and the surrounding area.
Section 04
Reasons
[site address] is a two-storey, semi-detached house in a predominantly residential neighbourhood. There is a driveway to the side of the property that provides access to outbuildings located to the rear of a number of surrounding dwellings.
The outbuilding is of significant size, two-storey in nature and with a footprint that would exceed that of the main house at the front of the site. Given its sheer size and scale, the proposal would compete with the host dwelling and lack any sense of subservience. It would appear out of place on this residential site and within the context of the other more modest outbuildings on adjacent plots.
I am aware that the site has limited visibility from the public domain, however it would be clearly evident from the side access and surrounding rear gardens of other properties in the vicinity. The imposing appearance of the outbuilding would result in a dominant and obtrusive addition to the detriment of the character of the dwelling and the neighbourhood.
I acknowledge those other matters that have been advanced in support of the development, including the use of facing brickwork to match the house and that the scheme has been amended following pre-application advice issued by the Council. However, these matters do not outweigh the harm I have identified above. _________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________
I conclude that the scheme would be detrimental to the character and appearance of the dwelling and the surrounding area. It would be contrary to Policy BNE1 of the Medway Local Plan May 2003, which seeks to secure new development of acceptable scale and appearance. It would also be inconsistent with the advice in the National Planning Policy Framework, which states that good design is a key aspect of sustainable development.
Section 05
Conclusion
Based on my reasoning above and taking into account all matters advanced, the appeal fails.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 212No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 18 March 2022Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 17 February 2022 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3284737
- Application reference
- MC/21/1580
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Medway Council
- Planning authority code
- E06000035
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
- Not recorded
- 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
- 12 October 2021
- Valid date
- 12 October 2021
- Start date
- 22 December 2021
- Planning authority decision date
- 22 July 2021
- Appeal decision date
- 18 March 2022
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
- 12543
- First seen
- 20 August 2026 at 14:24
- Last seen
- 20 August 2026 at 16:26
- Removed from release
- Not recorded
- Record created
- 20 August 2026 at 14:24
- Record updated
- 24 August 2026 at 16:21