Appeal 3339590
Public case and site metadata stored from the official casework database, including fields that were empty in the source release.
A clearer next step
See how Inspectors approached issues like yours
Bring your planning decision into a private workspace. We separate the disputed points, then match them with source-located Inspector reasoning from similar appeals.
- See which issues the decision appears to turn on
- Compare the facts and open the full appeal records
One private comparison
How the refusal review worksOne-off service · No subscription
Similar appeals are evidence to inspect, not a prediction of your outcome.
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
construction of a fence between the property and the road to replace a 10 foot high Leylandii hedge.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is allowed and planning permission is granted for the construction of a fence between the property and the road to replace a 10 foot high Leylandii hedge at Whiteleaf, Road from [name] to [name], Poltimore, Devon [postcode] , in accordance with the terms of the application, reference 23/0176/FUL, subject to the following condition:
The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Location Plan, [name], Position of [name].
Section 03
Procedural Matter
The planning application was made retrospectively. The fence has already been erected.
Section 04
Main Issue
The main issue in this case is the effect of the fence on the character and appearance of the area.
Section 05
Reasons
The appeal concerns a detached dwelling which is situated in a small hamlet. The lanes leading into the hamlet are distinctly rural in nature, characterised by high hedgerows and abundant vegetation. When passing through the built-up area, the lane maintains this green and open appearance, with low density housing and front gardens shaping the street scene.
Due to its height, the fence blocks views into the appeal property from the road outside. This reduces the openness of the street outside the property and introduces a hard edge in place of the vegetation that is seen elsewhere along this part of the road frontage.
However, the fence occupies a relatively short section of road and so the lane maintains an open and verdant appearance overall, even outside the appeal property. There is a similar section of wooden fencing elsewhere in the street and so the materials are in general keeping with the surroundings. Hence, the fence is not an unduly prominent feature, despite its height.
This leads me to conclude that the fence has an acceptable effect on the character and appearance of the area. There is no conflict with Policy D1, Strategy 7 or Strategy 48 of the Local Plan1 which aim to protect local distinctiveness. The appeal is therefore allowed. In the interests of clarity, a standard condition requiring the development to be carried out in accordance with the plans has been imposed.
Planning inspector and document dates
The official casework attribution is grouped under a one-way keyed hash and shown only by its local identifier. Decision-letter dates and page references are extracted by fixed first-page rules and checked against that authoritative record.
Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 715No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 1 July 2024Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 29 May 2024 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3339590
- Application reference
- 23/0176/ful
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- East Devon District Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000040
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
- Allowed
- Decision category
- Allowed
- Received date
- 27 February 2024
- Valid date
- 27 February 2024
- Start date
- 25 March 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 8 December 2023
- Appeal decision date
- 1 July 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
- 53261
- 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