Appeal 3314908
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 sections
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Section 01
Development description
the demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a rear two storey extension.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the street scene.
Section 04
Reasons
The proposal is for a two-storey extension across the whole width of the rear elevation of No 10, an end-terrace property in [address]. Unusually, the Close provides access to the rear of the terrace comprising Nos 2-10 (even numbers) with their frontages facing onto a pedestrian walkway. The rear elevations of these properties, set behind rear boundary fences and relatively short rear gardens, are consequently prominent in the street scene.
The rear elevation of No 10 is set back slightly from that of its neighbour No 8 and the proposed extension, 1.8 m deep, would bring the elevation forward to be flush with that of the adjacent property. This would not necessarily be problematic in itself, however the roof form of the extension would be duo-pitched at right angles to the main roof and would have a ridgeline at the same height as that of the main house.
As a consequence, the extension would not appear subservient to the main dwelling in design terms and would appear overdominant in the street scene. At present Nos 2-10 comprise a coherent, slightly staggered terrace with simple pitched roofs; the proposal would result in an awkward and unduly bulky roof form at one end, unbalancing the whole. It is appreciated that No 7 opposite has a prominent two-storey gabled forward projection but that house is detached, not in a terrace, and the ridgeline of the projection is lower than that of the main house, somewhat lessening its impact.
The extension would therefore significantly harm the character and appearance of the street scene in conflict with Policies HB1 and HB8 of the Folkestone & Hythe District Places and Policies Local Plan 2020. These require proposals to make a positive contribution to their location and surroundings, respecting existing buildings with regard to scale, proportions, massing and form, and require alterations and extensions to buildings to reflect the scale, proportions and roof line of the original building and not have a detrimental impact on the street scene.
Section 05
Conclusion
Whilst the proposal would provide improved living accommodation and the materials to be used would match those of the existing house, these factors are outweighed by the unduly bulky form of the extension which would appear incongruous in the street scene and would conflict with the development plan. The appeal should therefore be dismissed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 1064No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 30 May 2023Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 24 May 2023 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3314908
- Application reference
- 22/1433/FK
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Folkestone and Hythe District Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000112
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
- 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
- 17 January 2023
- Valid date
- 22 February 2023
- Start date
- 27 March 2023
- Planning authority decision date
- 23 December 2022
- Appeal decision date
- 30 May 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
- 33334
- 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