Appeal 3287031
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
6 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
retrospective permission for loft conversion of rear dormer.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is allowed, and planning permission is granted for retrospective permission for loft conversion of rear dormer at [site address] , Chestnut [postcode] in accordance with the terms of the application, Ref 07/21/0859/HF, dated 5 July 2021.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the host dwelling and wider area.
Section 04
Reasons
The appeal site comprises a two-storey, terraced house. As a collection of cul-de-sacs the residential development is often orientated in a number of directions so that at any time one might be looking at the front, side and rear facades of a number of dwellings.
The development as constructed is a dormer set into the rear roof slope. It is set back from the eaves lines, set in from the end of the terrace and set down from the ridge of the main roof. It is finished in tiles to match the existing roof and has a single, rear-facing window. Its design and location are entirely conventional, and the dormer appears as a subordinate element of the host dwelling. Whilst it is visible from the public realm it reflects a number of other similar extensions within the area and does not appear obtrusive in the wider setting.
I find that the development is acceptable in respect of its effect on the character and appearance of the host dwelling and wider area. It therefore complies with Policies DSC1 and DSC2 of the Broxbourne Local Plan (2018-
which collectively seek development to be of a high quality design which reflects the character and design of the building.
Section 05
Other matters
Permitted development rights are restricted within the area by way of a condition attached to the permission granted for the housing development in the 1980s. The acceptability or legality of the condition is not before me as part of this appeal.
Section 06
Conclusion
I am satisfied, on the basis of what I have seen, that the proposed development is acceptable in all other respects and the proposal complies with the development plan when taken as a whole. In view of this and as the development has been completed, no conditions are necessary.
For the reasons above I conclude that the appeal is allowed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 529No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 17 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
- 3287031
- Application reference
- 07/21/0859/HF
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Broxbourne Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000095
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
- Allowed
- Decision category
- Allowed
- Received date
- 16 November 2021
- Valid date
- 16 November 2021
- Start date
- 9 December 2021
- Planning authority decision date
- 21 October 2021
- Appeal decision date
- 17 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
- 12469
- 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