Appeal 3337116
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
4 sections
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Section 01
Development description
a double storey extension to the side.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the site and area.
Section 04
Reasons
[address] is characterised by a strong development pattern of predominantly two-storey residential dwellings arranged in short terraces and semi-detached houses. Each row is symmetrical in appearance, including end dwellings with forward-facing gables which act as bookends. The appeal property is one such dwelling, which occupies a prominent corner plot.
Whilst the proposed extension would reflect the hipped roof and catslide roof design of the existing property, it would be overly wide. As such, it would appear out of proportion to, and dominate, the existing dwelling. It would also imbalance the symmetry of this row of properties. Whilst it would not project forward of the established building line of properties on [address], given its significant mass and bulk, it would erode the openness of this corner plot at first floor level. As such it would appear overly prominent addition to the street scene.
I note that an existing single garage which is attached to the side of the property, as well as a larger detached garage, would be demolished as part of the proposals. I recognised that together these structures cover a large part of the land to the side of the original dwelling. I also acknowledge that the proposed extension would have a smaller footprint than the combined footprint of these structures. However, the garages are both single-storey, whereas the appeal proposal would be a two-storey extension. Consequently, it would appear notably bulkier within the street scene than the current situation. I therefore afford limited weight to this matter in support of allowing the appeal.
I find that the proposal would cause unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the site and area contrary to policy BCS21 of the Bristol Development Framework Core Strategy (2011), policies DM26, DM27 and DM30 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies, Local Plan (2014) and Supplementary Planning Document 2, A Guide for [address] Alterations and Extensions (2005). Taken together these seek to secure high quality design which respects the character and appearance of the host dwelling and broader area.
For the reasons given above I conclude that the appeal should be dismissed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 301No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted site visit dates
- 7 March 2024 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3337116
- Application reference
- 23/00753/H
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Bristol City Council
- Planning authority code
- E06000023
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
- No
- 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
- 18 January 2024
- Valid date
- 18 January 2024
- Start date
- 7 February 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 21 December 2023
- Appeal decision date
- 5 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
- 49083
- 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