Appeal 3284850
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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 front extension.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is whether or not the disputed condition is necessary to safeguard the privacy of the occupiers of [address].
Section 04
Reasons
The appeal property is a detached two storey dwelling lying to the north of Spaxton road. The permitted development would result in the removal of the front conservatory and its replacement with a lean-to front extension which would include a balcony at first floor level. The balcony would give views out over [name] and the front garden area of the neighbouring property, [address].
No 8a also has a patio area to the front of it, which affords views of the reservoir, contains a bench and table and is, from the information before me, used regularly.
The proposed balcony would extend for nearly the full depth of the proposed extension, resulting in the front of it being some way forward of the patio area of No 8a. Given the size and depth of the balcony it would be perfectly possible for several people to be using it at one time. Furthermore, whilst I acknowledge that users of the balcony would primarily be looking forward towards the reservoir, the depth of the balcony means that it would be possible to turn around and walk back towards the balcony entrance, thus having the opportunity to glance sideways down towards No 8a.
Whilst the vegetation that runs along the boundary of the two properties would provide some screening, from the evidence before me I am not persuaded that it would give complete privacy to the occupiers of No 8a. Moreover, it cannot be guaranteed that it will remain in place in perpetuity. I acknowledge that the design of the balcony, being set within the roof, would also act to limit views of the patio, but once again do not consider that it would completely eliminate them.
I note that there is a side window in the bedroom of the appeal property which gives views of the patio area of No 8a. However, views from the bedroom window are likely to be relatively fleeting and I also consider that people standing on the balcony would appear more intrusive to users of the patio by virtue of both being outdoors, with no built form in between.
Section 05
Conclusion
It follows that condition 3 is necessary to safeguard the privacy of the occupiers of No 8a when using their patio, and that without it conflict with policy D25 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 would occur. This policy seeks to ensure that development does not unacceptably impact upon the residential amenity of occupants of nearby dwellings. I therefore 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 104No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 10 March 2022Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 28 February 2022 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3284850
- Application reference
- 23/21/00007
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Sedgemoor District Council *
- Planning authority code
- E07000188
Casework details
The casework, procedure, development and linking details supplied by the official record.
- Casework type
- Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development type
- Householder 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 - 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
- 0.1 hectares
- Floor space
- 26 m²
- Number of residences
- 0
- Site in Green Belt
- Yes
- 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
- 14 October 2021
- Valid date
- 14 October 2021
- Start date
- 9 December 2021
- Planning authority decision date
- 31 August 2021
- Appeal decision date
- 10 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
- 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
- 12079
- 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