Appeal 3311683
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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
described as ‘single storey rear extension. Pitched roof.’
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is whether the proposed development would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (GPDO).
Section 04
Reasons
Development is not permitted by Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the GPDO (the Order) if the enlarged part of the dwellinghouse would extend beyond a wall forming a side elevation of the original dwellinghouse and would have a width greater than half the width of the original dwellinghouse.
The proposal, leaving a gap of 200 mm, wraps around a ‘historic extension’. It would only be physically attached to the original rear wall. The appellant has stated that the irregular shape is not a true reflection of what is located on the site, but that such a design is shown on some historic plans held by the Council.
From visiting the site, I was able to see that the appeal property has existing extensions at the rear including what appears to be an original, single storey projection. Attached to this is an additional single storey extension, which in turn is attached to a conservatory.
The Council’s officer report refers to historic imagery dating to 1955 with an original rectangular projection on the rear elevation with side elevations. It also references ‘an irregular minor form shown adjoining the outrigger on the historic imagery which may or may not be a structure’. Moreover, there are other similar projections on properties nearby that strongly suggests that this projection was part of the original dwelling.
The side wall of this original projection can therefore be considered a side elevation of the original dwellinghouse for the purposes of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A. 1 (j).
The Order does not refer to extensions projecting from the side elevation, but beyond them. In this context, and with regard to the ‘Permitted development rights for householders – Technical Guidance’ (MHCLG, September 2019), it is clear that they do not need to be attached to the side elevation for the relevant criteria to apply. Consequently, despite the 200mm gap between the proposal and any other rear projections, the proposal would extend beyond a wall forming a side elevation of the original dwellinghouse. It would ‘have a width greater than half the width of the original dwellinghouse’.
Section 05
Conclusion
Therefore, for the reasons set out above and having considered all matters raised, I conclude that the proposal would not fall within the definition of permitted development set out in Class A of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 and the appeal is dismissed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 3763No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 8 March 2023Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 28 February 2023 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3311683
- Application reference
- 2022/92666
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Planning authority code
- E08000034
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
- 132 m²
- Number of residences
- 0
- Site in Green Belt
- No
- Agricultural holding
- No
- Affects setting of a listed building
- No
- Historic building grant made
- No
- Relates to a conservation area
- No
- Flooding is an issue
- No
- Site within an AONB
- No
- Site within an SSSI
- No
Decision and dates
The published outcome and every imported case date.
- Official decision
- Dismissed
- Decision category
- Dismissed
- Received date
- 22 November 2022
- Valid date
- 22 November 2022
- Start date
- 22 December 2022
- Planning authority decision date
- 16 September 2022
- Appeal decision date
- 8 March 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
- 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
- 29456
- 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