Appeal 3333713
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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 reduced amended scheme to form gable roof in replace of hip. Amendment to application ref: 20230517.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue in this case is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
Section 04
Procedural Matter
A previous application1 for construction of a car port with first floor extension at side and dormer extension at rear of house was refused.
Section 05
Character and appearance
The appeal property is a two storey semi-detached dwelling located in a prominent position along [address], near to its junction with [address].
The appeal property is located in a residential area characterised by the presence of two storey semi-detached dwellings. Dwellings are set back from the road behind gardens and/or parking areas and have longer gardens to the rear.
The area has an attractive sense of uniformity. This derives from the common use of brick and tile building materials, a general sense of symmetry between pairs of dwellings, the regular spacing and setting-back of dwellings and the 1 Reference: Application Number 20230517. predominant presence of similar original features, including hipped roofs, bay windows, similar roof profiles and brick-arched doorways.
Whilst the appeal dwelling faces onto [address], its neighbour to the north, Number [address] is located at the entrance to [address] and consequently, is situated side-on to [address]. In this way, No 2’s low-walled rear garden and small detached garage are located adjacent to the side of the appeal property.
The gap resulting from the above combines with [address]’s topography – whereby it rises notably to the south – to result in the appeal dwelling and especially its side elevation, appearing prominently in its surroundings.
The proposed development would replace the appeal dwelling’s hipped roof with a gable roof. This would result in the dwelling’s side elevation rising up in a tall and prominent gable. 10.I find that this would unbalance and reduce the sense of symmetry between the appeal dwelling and its attached neighbour, Number [address]. Furthermore, the proposed development would appear incongruous by introducing a gable roof into an area notable for the presence of hipped roofs. This would be to the detriment of the area’s attractive sense of uniformity. 11.The harm arising from the above would be exacerbated as a result of the prominent location of the appeal dwelling. The proposal would stand out as a tall gable roof widely visible in its surroundings – drawing attention to itself and appearing unduly dominant in its surroundings. 12.Taking all of the above into account, I find that the proposed development would harm the character and appearance of the area, contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework; to Core Strategy2 Policy CS03; to Local Plan3 Policy PS10; and to the Council’s Residential Amenity Supplementary Planning Document (2008), which together amongst other things, seek to protect local character.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 601No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 9 April 2024Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 19 March 2024 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3333713
- Application reference
- 20231661
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Leicester City Council
- Planning authority code
- E06000016
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
- 23 November 2023
- Valid date
- 23 November 2023
- Start date
- 15 February 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 26 October 2023
- Appeal decision date
- 9 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
- 49226
- 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