Appeal 3329907
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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
described as ‘retrospective application for boundary fencing’.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
[name]
The development applied for has been carried out.
Section 04
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
Section 05
Reasons
The appeal site is situated on a corner location next to the prominent junction of [address], [address] and [address]. Although slightly diluted by some boundary walls and fences, the prevailing character of the surrounding estate roads is of dwellings that are laid out in a linear pattern with their front garden areas enclosed by hedgerows and shrubbery. These combine with trees and grass highway verges to present a soft edge to the built environment.
It is uncontested that the development has replaced a front hedge. Its length, height and prominent siting, along with the solid concrete pillar, post and timber materials has introduced an unduly robust and dominant feature that appears conspicuous and visually unsympathetic in the context of the prevailing softly landscaped character of the surrounding area. Due to its corner location, the discordant nature of the development is readily apparent from along [address], [address] and from several neighbouring properties. The staining of the timber panels would not overcome this harm.
I have also not been provided with the full details of the circumstances that led to the variety of boundary treatments in the immediate vicinity being accepted. On the evidence presented I therefore cannot be certain that they represent a direct parallel to the development. In any event, those that I saw of a similar height to the development served to confirm that they have a harmful effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area. I therefore do not consider their presence to be a reason for justifying further harm.
Accordingly, I find that the development causes unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the area. It thereby conflicts with Policy CS 28 of the Rotherham Local Plan Core Strategy 2013-2028 (2014) and Policy SP 55 of the Rotherham Local Plan Sites and Policies (2018). These require the design of development to be high quality, to reinforce and complement local distinctiveness and take all opportunities to improve the character and quality of an area.
The development also fails to accord with advice within the Council’s Householder Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (2020) and the design objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) in these respects.
Section 06
Conclusion
For the reasons given above, having taken account of the development plan as a whole, along with all other relevant material considerations, the appeal should therefore 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 592No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 14 November 2023Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 1 November 2023 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3329907
- Application reference
- RB2023/1003
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E08000018
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
- 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
- 21 September 2023
- Valid date
- 21 September 2023
- Start date
- 17 October 2023
- Planning authority decision date
- 7 September 2023
- Appeal decision date
- 14 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
- 41963
- 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