Appeal 3304220
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
4 sections
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Section 01
Development description
a separate roof dormer to the front of the bungalow.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the proposed dormer on the character and appearance of (i) the host dwelling including when seen in conjunction with No. 61, and (ii) the street scene of [address].
Section 04
Reasons
I saw on my visit that the appeal dwelling is one of a semi-detached pair with No. 61, the latter being a corner property at the junction with [address]. Both the appeal dwelling and its neighbour already have large dormers on their front elevations. In considering the appeal I have had regard to the fact that the appeal dwelling has the benefit of an extant permission for a hip to gable and rear dormer extension. The current proposal would afford that extension both additional space and light.
The appeal scheme has the merit of including ground floor alterations to the front elevation that would result in the dormer achieving an element of symmetry. However, when read together with the existing front dormer the front elevation of the dwelling would appear as being unduly dominated by its roofscape.
This would inevitably result in the building having a top heavy appearance rather than one of a balanced architectural composition. Furthermore in this case, although not part of the appeal dwelling, the existing large dormer at No. 61 would be seen in conjunction with the then pair of dormers at No. 63. This would exacerbate the impact on character and appearance of the semi-detached pair and the street scene of [address].
[name]. 63 is on the corner with [address], I consider that the row of three dormers in close proximity would draw the eye as being buildings of a poor design. I acknowledge the appellant’s point that there are other bungalows in the road with front dormers, but by and large these have pitched roofs and more proportionate to the roof plane.
Overall, I conclude that the appeal proposal would have an unacceptably adverse effect on the character and appearance of the appeal dwelling and the street scene of [address]. This would be in harmful conflict with Policy G5 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan 2003; Policy D1 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan: Strategy and Sites 2015-2034 adopted in 2019; the [name] and [name] 2018, and with Government Policy in Section 12: ‘[name] of the National Planning Policy Framework 2021.
The appeal is therefore dismissed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 204No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 28 November 2022Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 31 October 2022 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3304220
- Application reference
- 22/P/00309
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Guildford Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000209
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
- 7 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
- 31 July 2022
- Valid date
- 31 July 2022
- Start date
- 16 September 2022
- Planning authority decision date
- 24 June 2022
- Appeal decision date
- 28 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
- 24199
- 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