Appeal 3287195
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 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
a detached vehicular garage.
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 area.
Section 04
Reasons
The appeal site occupies a corner plot, with the front boundary facing [name], and one side boundary facing [address]. The area is characterised by a variety of dwelling types and styles, but they are generally set back from the road. Whilst low-set boundary walls and vegetation front many of the properties along [name], the street exhibits a spacious suburban character.
Despite resulting in the retention of a large proportion of front garden space associated with the host property, the proposed double garage would be large in terms of its overall footprint and height. The divergent style of dwellings in the area is noted, but the presence of the garage would be exacerbated by its proximity to [name] and [address]. As a result, it would appear as a prominent building in the street.
[name] saw a few other examples of large garages along [name] positioned close to the street on my site visit, they are not representative of the prevailing pattern of development in the area. In any event, those garages are detached from the appeal site such that they have no discernible influence on the character of this part of the street, within which large street-side buildings are notably absent. In this case the proposed garage would diminish the spaciousness of the street and appear out of kilter with the prevailing layout and pattern of built form, to the detriment of the character and appearance of the area.
I am satisfied that the proposed garage would utilise sympathetic and high quality local materials. It would also provide sheltered secure space for the parking of vehicles associated with the host dwelling. I also appreciate that the front amenity space of many properties in the area is used for the purposes of car parking. Be that as it may, these considerations do not compensate for the harm arising as a result of the prominent and visually discordant appearance of the proposal.
For the foregoing reasons the proposal would harm the character and appearance of the area. It would therefore be contrary to Policy DE1 of the South Kesteven District Council Local Plan 2011 – 2036 (2020) and paragraph 130 of the National Planning Policy Framework which seek, amongst other matters, to ensure visually attractive and high quality design which respects local character and distinctiveness.
Section 05
Conclusion
For the reasons given above, the appeal is dismissed.
Planning inspector and document dates
The official casework attribution is grouped under a one-way keyed hash and shown only by its local identifier. Decision-letter dates and page references are extracted by fixed first-page rules and checked against that authoritative record.
Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 2853No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 2 March 2022Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 10 February 2022 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3287195
- Application reference
- S21/0618
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- South Kesteven District Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000141
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
- 64 m²
- 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
- 17 November 2021
- Valid date
- 17 November 2021
- Start date
- 10 December 2021
- Planning authority decision date
- 18 March 2021
- Appeal decision date
- 2 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
- 11543
- 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