Appeal 3332463
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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
the erection of a two-storey side and single storey rear extension.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
Section 04
Reasons
This appeal concerns a two-storey detached dwelling which is located within a large, open-plan residential estate that is characterised by properties of a similar design and appearance. As such, the area has a strong suburban character.
The proposed side extension would be narrower than the footprint of the existing garage. Nevertheless, it would remain a substantial and prominent addition to the host property due to its generous width, lack of set down ridge and projection forward of the dwelling across two storeys. The proposal also includes a two-storey front entrance projection.
Whilst front projections to other properties within the wider housing estate are a common design feature, by virtue of the collective significant massing and bulky design of the front and side extensions, the proposed alterations would be overly dominant and incongruous additions to the host property.
Further, along with significant alterations to the fenestration of the entire property, rather than modernising what is described as a bland property frontage, the appeal proposal would result in a dwelling which would be in stark contrast to the clear architectural style in the streetscape. It would therefore contribute towards the erosion of the suburban character of the area.
My attention has been drawn to extensions and alterations at 27 and 29 Firbank and I observed these at the time of my site visit. However, the appellant advises that there is no record of planning permission for No 29. Additionally, I do not have the full details of the example at No 27 before me. Nonetheless, this example serves to confirm my concerns with the incongruous design and significant massing of the appeal proposal as described above. Moreover, each proposal should be considered on its own merits.
Accordingly, the proposed development would harm the character and appearance of the area and thus would conflict with Policy HS5 of the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026 (July 2015) which requires extensions to respect the existing house and the surrounding buildings, amongst other things.
Section 05
Conclusion
The proposal conflicts with the development plan as a whole and there are no other considerations which indicate that 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
- 16 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
- 3332463
- Application reference
- 23/00534/FULHH
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000118
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
- 2 November 2023
- Valid date
- 2 November 2023
- Start date
- 23 January 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 13 October 2023
- Appeal decision date
- 16 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
- 49607
- 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