Appeal 3314455
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 sections
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Section 01
Development description
entrance gates.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
[name]
The gates have already been erected and I had the benefit of seeing them at my site visit.
Section 04
Main Issue
The main issue in this appeal is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
Section 05
Reasons
The appeal relates to this detached bungalow that sits near the entrance to [address], near its junction with [address]. All of the other properties on Willett close are 2 storey semi-detached houses. These all have front garden areas which have low front boundary features, or open frontages. This has an attractive and open appearance which contributes positively to the character of [address].
No [site address] has a low wooden fence, above which is planting which has been allowed to grow. The gates which have been erected are said to be 1.8m high. In relation to the character and appearance of [address], I consider that the new gates appear out of place and dominating. Compared to the low front boundary features that I have referred to, they appear unusually tall. In this respect, I consider that they have an unacceptable effect on the street-scene.
The appellant has drawn my attention to tall fences elsewhere in the locality and I saw these at my visit. Some of these relate to the side or rear boundary of the properties, whereas the appeal scheme relates to the frontage of the property, close to its front/main elevation where it addresses the road that it is associated with. The appellant also refers to the effects of the gates in increasing privacy. I appreciate that the main garden of the property is not contained at the rear but I consider that the plants that have been allowed to grow here offer a reasonable degree of privacy and the gates are not necessary in this respect. With regard to security, whilst I can understand the appellant’s comments in this regard, elsewhere she states that the gates are open 95% of the time. In my judgement, the unacceptable visual effect of the gates is not outweighed by these other matters.
I have considered the Council’s comments in relation to the adjacent Area of Special Residential Character and to the submitted plan of the adjacent Conservation Area. In my judgement, I find no additional concerns arise from the proposal in relation to these matters. I have taken account of all other matters and find that the gates have an unacceptable effect on the locality, contrary to those relevant parts of Policy 37 of the Bromley Local Plan 2019. As a consequence, the appeal is dismissed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 188No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 14 June 2023Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 15 May 2023 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3314455
- Application reference
- 22/03020/FULL6
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Planning authority code
- E09000006
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
- Not recorded
- Number of residences
- 0
- Site in Green Belt
- No
- Agricultural holding
- Not recorded
- 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
- 10 January 2023
- Valid date
- 10 February 2023
- Start date
- 19 April 2023
- Planning authority decision date
- 2 November 2022
- Appeal decision date
- 14 June 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
- 33990
- First seen
- 20 August 2026 at 14:24
- Last seen
- 20 August 2026 at 16:27
- Removed from release
- Not recorded
- Record created
- 20 August 2026 at 14:24
- Record updated
- 24 August 2026 at 16:21