Appeal 3328528
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 sections
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Section 01
Development description
a two storey rear extension.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Procedural Matters
The appellant submitted a copy of a recent planning decision relating to permission at the appeal property for the development of a single storey rear extension.
Section 04
Main Issue
The main issue in this case is the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of Number [address], with regards to outlook and daylight.
Section 05
Reasons
The appeal property is a two storey terraced dwelling, with a front gable providing for rooms at roof level. It forms part of a terrace of similar properties, purposefully designed with front gables at roof level.
Like its neighbours in the terrace, the brick-built appeal property has an attractive bay window to the ground floor and ornate decorations to the front façade. It has a small front garden area which is separated from the pavement by railings.
[address] in this location is largely characterised by the presence of two storey residential dwellings, albeit there are non-residential uses present, including nearby offices and a sports centre directly across [address] from the appeal property. Further, the presence of trees and glimpses over a wall separating [address] from a nearby sports field, provide for a sense of greenery and spaciousness.
The appeal property, like other dwellings in the terrace, enjoys private amenity space to the rear. During my site visit, I observed that the private amenity area to the rear of Number [address], adjacent to the appeal property, comprises an attractive garden area.
The appeal property has an existing two storey flat-roofed extension to the rear. The proposal would effectively extend this extension, at the same height and width, further to the rear.
This would result in the creation of a long and tall rear projection close to the appeal property’s side boundary with No 53. The height, projection and close proximity of the proposal would result in it drawing attention to itself as an unduly dominant feature to the extent that it would loom above No 53’s rear garden area to an overbearing degree. 10.In addition, I find that the harm arising from the above would be exacerbated as a result of the scale and proximity of the proposal leading to a reduction in the amount of daylight reaching the rear of No 53 and there is no substantive evidence before me to demonstrate that this would not be the case. 11.Taking all of the above into account, I find that the proposed development would harm the living conditions of the occupiers of Number [address] with regards to outlook and daylight. This would be contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework; to Watford Local Plan 2021-2038 Policy CC8.5; and to the [name] (2016), which together amongst other things, seek to protect residential amenity.
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 site visit dates
- 16 January 2024 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3328528
- Application reference
- 23/00435
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Watford Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000103
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
- 6 m²
- 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
- 28 August 2023
- Valid date
- 28 August 2023
- Start date
- 21 November 2023
- Planning authority decision date
- 21 July 2023
- Appeal decision date
- 29 January 2024
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
- 45524
- 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