Appeal 3315140
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 sections
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Section 01
Development description
No verified development description has been extracted from an official decision PDF yet.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the dwelling and the locality.
Section 04
Reasons
The appeal consists of a two-storey, mid-terrace dwelling in a residential estate of buildings of broadly similar size and design. At my site visit I observed a number of existing flat roof dormer windows in both the front and rear roof slopes of other houses in the vicinity.
[name] acknowledge the principle of the development as a whole, the other dormer windows in the street scene are generally smaller in scale than those demonstrated by this appeal. The plans before me show large, boxy elements that would dominate their respective roof slopes, and being both flush with the ridge line and in close proximity to the eaves would lack subservience.
The proposals would be clearly visible from the public domain in both directions along [address] and the private amenity spaces of surrounding houses, overwhelming the upper level of the main house, and having an intrusive effect by virtue of the scale and extent across the roof of the building.
I appreciate those other matters that have been advanced in support of the development; there would be no adverse harm to the living conditions of the occupiers of surrounding properties, there have been no objections from local residents, and layout of the dwelling would meet the living requirements of the appellant and their family. However, none of these points could justify the harm I have identified above. _________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________
I conclude that the development would result in harm to the character and appearance of the dwelling and the local area. It would be contrary to Policy BNE1 of the Medway Local Plan May 2003, which seeks to secure new development of acceptable scale and appearance. It would also be inconsistent with the advice in the National Planning Policy Framework, which states that good design is a key aspect of sustainable development.
Section 05
Conclusion
Having regard to the above and all other matters raised, 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 212No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 19 April 2023Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 22 March 2023 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3315140
- Application reference
- MC/22/2692
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Medway Council
- Planning authority code
- E06000035
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
- 36 m²
- 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
- 21 January 2023
- Valid date
- 26 January 2023
- Start date
- 21 February 2023
- Planning authority decision date
- 6 January 2023
- 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
- 31471
- 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