Appeal 3330971
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 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
a two-storey rear extension, single storey side extension, conversion of existing integral garage, erection of new detached single garage and formation of raised terrace patio to rear.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The effect of the proposed garage on the character and appearance of the area.
Section 04
Reasons
The appeal site is located within the Forest of Bowland National Landscape (formerly the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). The site includes a detached dwelling which is set back from the highway with generous space to the front. The other dwellings in the immediate locality reflect a similar, linear arrangement along the eastern side of [site address] . This, along with the surrounding countryside, gives the area a strong open and rural character.
I acknowledge that the stretch of dwellings in which the appeal property is located do not follow a strong building line. Nevertheless, with the exception of one property known as Valestones, I experienced that the built form feels and appears generally consistent in its set back from the highway and all have a distinct lack of development forward of their front elevations.
The proposed garage would be of a considerable size and would be positioned close to the highway, forward of the front dwelling of the host property. As such, it would be a prominent and visually intrusive addition to the locality and would noticeably interrupt the established arrangement of built form. The introduction of development to this part of the site, an area which is typically devoid of built form in this locality, would erode the sense of space and the open, rural character of the area.
Even taking into consideration the existing boundary treatments, which appear to be seasonal, and the introduction of additional planting which may not be permanent, along with the proposal’s positioning cut into the slope of the garden, these factors would not be sufficient to address its incongruous positioning and do not, in themselves, justify development that is uncharacteristic.
Accordingly, the proposal would harm the character and appearance of the area, including the National Landscape which the National Planning Policy Framework advises that great weight should be given to conserving and enhancing its landscape and scenic beauty. It therefore conflicts with policies SP4, SP5 and CDMP3 of the Wyre Local Plan (2011-2031) (incorporating partial update of 2022) (January 2023) which together aim to ensure that developments conserve the open and rural character and natural beauty of the area.
Section 05
Conclusion
The proposal conflicts with the development plan as a whole and there are no other considerations which indicate a decision should be made other than in accordance with it. Therefore, the appeal should not succeed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 1499No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 12 April 2024Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 4 April 2024 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3330971
- Application reference
- 23/00316/FUL
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Wyre Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000128
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
- Yes
- 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
- 9 October 2023
- Valid date
- 9 October 2023
- Start date
- 19 December 2023
- Planning authority decision date
- 19 July 2023
- Appeal decision date
- 12 April 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
- 49471
- 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