Appeal 3337268
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
6 sections
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Section 01
Development description
a front boundary wall and automatic roller gate.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the appeal proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
Section 04
Reasons
The appeal property is a detached dwelling, which like other neighbouring buildings, is set back from the road behind front garden and parking areas. These are generally enclosed by various forms of boundary treatment, although in the vicinity of the appeal site, low boundary walls, some of which combine with railings above or those that are wholly formed of hedging predominate. The presence of low boundary walls and hedges to frontages, the planting within gardens, as well as views over open areas of land on the opposite side of [address], gives the area a spacious, semi-rural character.
The proposed boundary treatment would extend to a height of around 1.8m along the site’s frontage. Although the brick piers provide a linkage with the walls to the fronts of neighbouring properties at 74 and [address], the piers proposed on the appeal property would be taller than those to either side.
The appeal property has been extended and renovated with a contemporary finish. The proposed boundary treatment, which would include rendered panels, seeks to compliment the works undertaken on the dwelling. Its height would however limit views into the appeal property’s front garden and parking areas which would erode the spacious character of the area. Whilst there are a variety of boundary treatments in the wider local area, the proposal more immediately, would be seen in the context of neighbouring properties, where it would appear as an incongruous, dominant addition.
I therefore conclude, for the reasons set out, that the appeal proposal would have a detrimental impact on the character and appearance of the area. It would therefore conflict with Policy CS 28 of the Rotherham Local Plan Core Strategy 2013-2028 and Policy SP 55 of the Rotherham Local Plan Sites and Policies, which seek, amongst other matters, high quality development and design that takes all opportunities to improve the character and quality of an area. It would also conflict with paragraph 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework and the Householder Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document, which require development to be sympathetic to local character.
Section 05
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I note the benefits the proposal would provide in terms of security, and whilst this matter weighs in favour of the proposal, it would not outweigh the harm that I have identified to the character and appearance of the area.
Section 06
Conclusion
For the reasons given above, having considered the development plan as a whole, the approach in the Framework, and all other relevant material considerations, 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 423No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 8 May 2024Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 12 April 2024 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3337268
- Application reference
- RB2023/1543
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E08000018
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
- Unknown
- Appeal reason
- Not recorded
- 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
- 21 January 2024
- Valid date
- 21 January 2024
- Start date
- 15 February 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 8 January 2024
- Appeal decision date
- 8 May 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
- 50662
- 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