Appeal 3308884
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 sections
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Section 01
Development description
dropped kerb, kerb crossing and off road parking hardstanding.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue in this appeal is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the locality.
Section 04
Reasons
The appeal property is terraced in nature, and is located in a predominately residential area, adjacent a busy classified road. Residents in the immediate locality have to utilise on-street parking, and generally park partly on the footpath, and partly on the classified road.
The appeal proposals would see the installation of a dropped kerb, removal of a section of low boundary wall, and the creation of a off-street parking area within the grassed front amenity area.
The existing grassed area to the front of the terraced properties, with occasional intersperses of vegetation, and the low boundary walls that front the footpath and the highway, provide an attractive setting to the dwellings that front onto it and contribute significantly to the character and appearance of the area.
I consider that in relation to the proposed vehicular parking area, the surfacing material would be likely to be visually dominant and intrusive and would appear noticeably different to the remainder of the grassed areas. As such, the proposal would have a detrimental visual impact on setting of the host dwelling and on the character and appearance of the street scene.
The appellant has provided details of the personal circumstances of one of the occupiers of the appeal property who has mobility difficulties. I acknowledge that the appeal proposal would make parking easier and more convenient, and this is a matter which I attach moderate weight. However, this consideration does not outweigh the harm I have identified to the character and appearance of the host dwelling and the street scene.
In conclusion, the proposal would have a harmful effect on the character and appearance of the host dwelling and the street scene. Accordingly, it would be contrary to Policy GD7 of the Fylde Local Plan and Policy DH1 of the [site address] on the Sea Neighbourhood Plan, which collectively, amongst other matters, expect development to ensure that the scale, design and materials relate well to the surrounding context.
I also find conflict with the design aspirations of the National Planning Policy Framework as set out in Paragraphs 130 and 134 of that document.
Section 05
Conclusion
The proposal conflicts with the development plan and there are no other considerations that outweigh this conflict. For the reasons outlined above, 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 221No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 12 April 2023Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 28 March 2023 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3308884
- Application reference
- 22/0438
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Fylde Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000119
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
- 40 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
- 12 October 2022
- Valid date
- 2 December 2022
- Start date
- 27 January 2023
- Planning authority decision date
- 26 July 2022
- Appeal decision date
- 12 April 2023
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
- 31049
- 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