Appeal 3313584
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 sections
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Section 01
Development description
a dormer loft conversion.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Procedural Matter
The description of the proposed development set out above is taken from the application form. The Council’s description on its decision notice is slightly more detailed in referring to “installation of five dormer windows – two on the front and three on the back.”
Section 04
Main Issue
The main issue in this case is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
Section 05
Reasons
The appeal property is a two storey detached dwelling located in a prominent position towards the end of a cul-de-sac. The dwelling is set close to the pavement behind a rail fence and narrow area of planting and has a driveway and garage to the side and garden to the rear.
The appeal property is located on a modern housing estate, characterised in this area by the presence of largely detached two storey dwellings with small frontages to the street, separate garages at the end of short driveways and small gardens to the rear.
During my site visit, I observed the housing estate to be relatively densely developed, such that the front elevations of dwellings appear prominently. I also noted that the common use of materials and limited range of house-types results in a very strong sense of uniformity.
Further to the above, I noted during my site visit that, in the area around the appeal property, the roofscape appears very simple – with no incursions into the roof line from dormer windows. This adds significantly to the area’s sense of uniformity.
The proposed development would introduce dormer windows to the front and rear slopes of the appeal property’s roof. The two proposed dormers to the front would appear out of character with the dwelling’s surroundings and would severely disrupt the area’s identified sense of uniformity.
The harm arising from this would be exacerbated as a result of the prominent position of the dwelling, towards the end of a cul-de-sac, whereby the incongruous appearance of the proposed front dormers would be widely visible in their surroundings. 10.Further to the above, I find that the introduction of three dormers to the rear of the dwelling would result in the roof of the dwelling appearing unduly cluttered. This would appear in stark contrast to the simple, unbroken form of the roofscape in this area. 11.Taking all of the above into account, I find that the development would harm the character and appearance of the area, contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework and to Local Plan1 Policies PD1, PD2 and HC10, which together amongst other things, seek to protect local character.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 601No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 19 April 2023Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 14 March 2023 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3313584
- Application reference
- 22/01133/FUL
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Derbyshire Dales District Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000035
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
- Unknown
- 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
- 25 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
- 21 December 2022
- Valid date
- 21 December 2022
- Start date
- 1 February 2023
- Planning authority decision date
- 25 November 2022
- Appeal decision date
- 19 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
- 31455
- 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