Appeal 3328756
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
7 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
the retention of existing carport.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Appeal Procedure
The site visit was undertaken by a representative of the Inspector whose recommendation is set out below and to which the Inspector has had regard before deciding the appeal.
Section 04
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
Section 05
Reasons for the Recommendation
The appeal property is located on [address], a wide busy road with properties in the vicinity typically set well back from the highway behind drives and gardens. The siting of garages and other outbuildings close to the road is not a prevalent feature within the street scene. This provides an open and spacious character to the area.
From the appeal submissions, and my site visit, it is evident that the carport has already been constructed. The carport is sited entirely forward of the building line to the house, adjacent to the boundary hedge and close to the front stone wall. Three of the elevations consist of solid timber cladding (one with a window), with an open elevation allowing vehicular access, facing towards the main property.
The carport, with a height of approximately 2.7 metres and a width and depth of approximately 5.8 metres is highly visible in the street scene. Given its position at the front of the property, the large scale of the structure is at odds with the more open frontages within the locality, unduly drawing the eye as an incongruous and visually intrusive development, detracting from the wider character and appearance of the area. This harm is further exacerbated by the solid timber elevations being most visible from public viewpoints.
I acknowledge that the proposal has economic benefits arising from the construction process, and that the carport would also benefit the appellant. However, neither of these factors outweigh the harm I have identified.
For the reasons above, I find that the carport harms the character and appearance of the area. As such, it conflicts with Policy 10 of the [name] (2014) and Policy 17 of the [name] 2 Local Plan (2019). These seek to ensure high quality development that integrate into their surroundings. It would also conflict with the overarching designs aims of the National Planning Policy Framework.
Section 06
Conclusion and Recommendation
For the reasons given above and having had regard to all other matters raised, I recommend that the appeal should be dismissed.
Section 07
Inspector’s Decision
I have considered all the submitted evidence, and my representative’s recommendation, and on that basis the appeal is dismissed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 2894No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 28 November 2023Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 23 October 2023 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3328756
- Application reference
- 23/00355/FUL
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Broxtowe Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000172
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
- 30 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
- 1 September 2023
- Valid date
- 1 September 2023
- Start date
- 27 September 2023
- Planning authority decision date
- 21 June 2023
- Appeal decision date
- 28 November 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
- 42741
- 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