Appeal 3338947
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
6 sections
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Section 01
Development description
described as proposed two storey rear extension.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Procedural Matter
The plans denote that the appeal site has a single storey rear extension to the rear with mono pitched roof. During my site visit I observed a partially completed single storey extension inline with the two storey extension under construction at No. [address]. The extension at the appeal site does have a roof, window or door.
Section 04
Main Issue
The main issue in this appeal is the effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of No. [address] and No. [address].
Section 05
Reasons
The appeal site is a mid-terraced property within a predominantly residential area. The relationship between the appeal site and the neighbouring properties [address] and [address] is unusual. The rear elevation of No. [address] is at a 90-degree angle to the appeal property with a small gap between the rear elevation containing windows and that of the single storey extension and rear yard and incomplete extension of the appeal site.
No. [address] adjoins the appeal site and has a constrained rear elevation containing a first floor window and external ground floor door accessed via the narrow gap between the proposed development and the rear elevation of No. 44.
The proposed development due to mass, design and location would be a dominant form of development creating a poor outlook and an overbearing sense of enclosure to the neighbouring properties.
No. 24 has a similar extension to the proposal before me which is currently under constructed. Notwithstanding this the relationship between the appeal site and neighbours is distinctly different to No. 24 and as such the development at No. 24 is not comparable.
I conclude that the proposed development would harm the living conditions of the occupiers of No. [address] and No. [address].
The proposal conflicts with Policy LP24 of the Kirkless Local Plan Strategy and Policies (2019) and the [name] and [name] (2021) which seek amongst other things to protect the amenities of existing occupiers of neighbouring properties. 10.There is also conflict with the Framework which seeks to ensure developments have high standards of amenity for existing and future users.
Section 06
Conclusion
For the above reasons I conclude that this appeal should be dismissed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 126No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 9 May 2024Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 1 May 2024 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3338947
- Application reference
- 2023/62/93680/E
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Planning authority code
- E08000034
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
- 27 m²
- 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
- 16 February 2024
- Valid date
- 3 March 2024
- Start date
- 12 March 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 14 February 2024
- Appeal decision date
- 9 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
- 50801
- 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