Appeal 3323733
Public case and site metadata stored from the official casework database, including fields that were empty in the source release.
A clearer next step
See how Inspectors approached issues like yours
Bring your planning decision into a private workspace. We separate the disputed points, then match them with source-located Inspector reasoning from similar appeals.
- See which issues the decision appears to turn on
- Compare the facts and open the full appeal records
One private comparison
How the refusal review worksOne-off service · No subscription
Similar appeals are evidence to inspect, not a prediction of your outcome.
Official decision document
The decision, section by section
6 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
erection of 2 storey side extension.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect on the character and appearance of the area.
Section 04
Reasons
The appeal site is a 3 bedroom detached dwelling with single storey lean to extension and outbuilding to the side. The property is located on elevated sloping land above [site address] . The dwelling is set back from the road and sits behind a roadside boundary hedge.
The proposed development would be constructed in materials to match the existing dwelling. However, the windows cut into the eaves would be out of keeping with the existing dwelling. Similarly, the scale and bulk of the proposal would not appear subservient to the main property. This is despite the set back of the front elevation of the development and set down of the roof relative to the main dwelling. The gradient of the land would do little to mitigate the impact. Irrespective of the size of nearby properties, the poor design of the development would create an incongruous addition which would not provide balance or symmetry to the property nor blend seamlessly with the host dwelling, as suggested by the appellant.
The existing hedgerow would provide some screening from public views. Whilst the development would predominantly be visible in private views within the site this does not diminish the harm to the character and appearance of the area that would occur.
The development would harm the character and appearance of the area. As such it would conflict with the part of Policy CS6 of the [name] that requires new development to be of high quality design and takes into account the local context and character. It would also conflict with Policy MD2 of the Shropshire Council Site Allocations and Management of Development (SAMDev) Plan which amongst other things requires new development to respond appropriately to the form and layout of existing development and reflect locally characteristic architectural design and details.
Section 05
Other Matters
I note the reason for the proposal and the benefits it would generate for the appellant in terms of the living space created. However, this would be outweighed by the harm identified. The scale of the development limits the weight I attach to the economic benefits of the development.
Section 06
Conclusion
For the reasons identified and taking into account all other matters, including the absence of harm to the living conditions of neighbouring occupants, I conclude that the appeal should be dismissed.
Planning inspector and document dates
The official casework attribution is grouped under a one-way keyed hash and shown only by its local identifier. Decision-letter dates and page references are extracted by fixed first-page rules and checked against that authoritative record.
Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 3546No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 17 August 2023Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 28 July 2023 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3323733
- Application reference
- 23/00418/FUL
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Shropshire County Council
- Planning authority code
- E06000051
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
- 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
- 7 June 2023
- Valid date
- 7 June 2023
- Start date
- 22 June 2023
- Planning authority decision date
- 24 March 2023
- Appeal decision date
- 17 August 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
- 37338
- 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