Appeal 3302211
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
6 sections
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Section 01
Development description
loft conversion with front dormers.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
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The main issues are: • Is the effect on the character and appearance of the area. • The effect on the living conditions for the occupants of the dwelling with regards light and outlook.
Section 04
Character and Appearance
The appeal site is a semi-detached bungalow with pitched roof in a residential area comprising a mix of similarly styled bungalows and semi-detached dwellings. There are no front dormers within the streetscene.
The introduction of 2 dormer windows would have an unbalancing effect on the symmetry No [site address] shares with the neighbouring property. Although the dormers would be smaller than a box dormer and sit away from the eaves, they would nevertheless sit high on the roof, in line with the ridgeline and would therefore be a prominent addition. The absence of other dormers in the road would mean that the scheme would be an incongruous addition detrimental to the character and appearance of the area.
Reference has been made to examples of other dormers in the area, not all of which make a positive contribution to the streetscene, as acknowledged by the appellant. Their existence does not weigh in favour of the proposal. In any event, the dormers referenced are not located in the same road as the proposal and so the circumstances are different and therefore they do not set a precedent. In addition, each case is determined on its own merits and my assessment has been based on the information before me.
The development would harm the character and appearance of the area and therefore conflict with Policies CPS4, ENV2 and ENV3 of the Black Country Core Strategy. Amongst other things, these policies require the design of building and spaces to be influenced by their context, protect local distinctiveness and be of high quality design. The development would also conflict with Policies L1, S6 and S8 of the Dudley Borough Development Strategy, the relevant part of which requires the design of new development to be of an appropriate form, siting and scale, be responsive to the character of the area and reinforce and enhance local distinctiveness.
Section 05
Living Conditions
The proposed main bedroom within the roof space would contain no windows and therefore have no natural source of light or outlook. The appellant has indicated that daylight to the rear bedroom would be provided via a rear facing dormer constructed under permitted development. However, my assessment is based on the plans before me. As submitted, the development would be harmful to the living conditions of the occupants of the property. As such it would conflict with the part of Policy L1 of the Dudley Borough Development Strategy which requires an appropriate level of amenity to be provided for the future occupiers of development.
Section 06
Conclusion
For the reasons identified, I 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 3546No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 7 November 2022Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 20 October 2022 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3302211
- Application reference
- P22/0448
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E08000027
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
- 47 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
- 30 June 2022
- Valid date
- 30 June 2022
- Start date
- 11 August 2022
- Planning authority decision date
- 20 May 2022
- Appeal decision date
- 7 November 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
- 23160
- 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