Appeal 3332137
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
7 sections
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Section 01
Development description
the erection of a 6ft [1.83m] fence around border of property to enclose garden for children to play safely and privately.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issues are the effect of the proposed fence on the character and appearance of the appeal property in the context of the street scene in [address] and on road safety.
Section 04
Character and Appearance
The proposed 1.83m fence would surround the greater part of the presently open street frontage to the side of No [site address] , extending from the back of the footway and returning towards the front of the dwelling to leave open only the driveway and a smaller area of front forecourt.
This would be an exception, markedly out of keeping with the otherwise open and spacious street frontage, which is a feature of the rest of the Crescent.
As a result, the proposed fence would be seen as a harsh visual intrusion, detracting unacceptably from the character and appearance of both the host property and the surrounding street scene.
Accordingly, the proposed fence would be in conflict with the requirements of Policy BE1 of the Adopted Warwick District Local Plan that new development should contribute to the character and quality of its environment through good layout and design, harmonise in physical form, reinforce the established urban character of streets, and respect local architectural distinctiveness.
Section 05
[name]
The proposed fence would, to some extent, impede forward visibility for drivers negotiating the relatively tight bend in [address] adjacent to the appeal site. Given comparatively light traffic and low speeds generally associated with such residential thoroughfares, I do not consider this to warrant any overriding planning objection. However, it does lend some additional weight to the case against the appeal proposal.
Section 06
Other Matters
The fence would benefit the Appellant and his family by providing increased safe, enclosed private amenity space for children’s play and this consideration carries material planning weight. However, I note that the property already enjoys an area of enclosed rear garden.
Section 07
Conclusion
On balance, in my overall judgement the harm that the fence would cause in terms of character and appearance overrides all other planning considerations, renders the proposal in conflict with the development plan as a whole and warrants dismissal of this appeal.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 1576No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 29 February 2024Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 20 February 2024 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3332137
- Application reference
- W/23/0643
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Warwick District Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000222
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
- 27 October 2023
- Valid date
- 2 November 2023
- Start date
- 4 January 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 10 August 2023
- Appeal decision date
- 29 February 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
- 47391
- 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