Appeal 3330106
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
4 sections
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Section 01
Development description
a fence.
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 fence to the side of this detached property has already been erected. It is a high fence made of composite materials and although to the side boundary of the property, it lies adjacent to the turning head and the access to [address]. Given its significant height and limited set back from the highway, it appears intrusive. Its light colour and solid appearance emphasis its uncharacteristic appearance. The area adjacent to this fence is not in a prominent public place which reduces its wider impact but nevertheless, when using the turning head or accessing the neighbouring property, it has a particularly stark appearance that detracts from the character and appearance of this area.
There are other high fences in this area, including the grey timber boarded fence along the canal at the head of the turning area and also the brown fence associated with number 16. There is also a high fence at the junction of Davenhill Park and [address]. These do not represent such a striking addition to the street scene. I am not persuaded that the materials used at the appeal property would weather to a colour that would be more recessive but in any event, even a less strident colour would not address concerns with regard to the height and lack of set back of this structure.
As the fence detracts from the character and appearance of the area due to its height, position and materials, it represents poor design in this context. It is www.planningportal.gov.uk/planninginspectorate Appeal Decision: APP/M4320/D/23/3330106 contrary to the requirements of policy HC4(a & b) of the Local Plan for Sefton
It also conflicts with the design aspirations of the National Planning Policy Framework.
I have taken into account the views of local residents, who support the proposal. I am mindful also of the sustainability credentials and other benefits of the materials used. The layout of this road and this garden requires that the side boundary provides privacy and is secure. Whilst these matters weigh in favour of the proposal, there are other options, such as the arrangement of the front boundary, that would be less harmful.
[name] have had regard to the matters put forward by the appellant, including the other permitted developments in the area, these do not justify this intrusive feature and do not outweigh my concerns. I therefore dismiss the appeal.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 341No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 13 December 2023Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 20 November 2023 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3330106
- Application reference
- DC/2023/01353
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E08000014
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
- 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
- 25 September 2023
- Valid date
- 25 September 2023
- Start date
- 8 November 2023
- Planning authority decision date
- 20 September 2023
- Appeal decision date
- 13 December 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
- 43556
- 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