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Appeal 3341764

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Official decision document

The decision, section by section

6 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

create new room above existing single storey storeroom.

  1. Section 02

    Decision

    The appeal is allowed and the planning permission [name]/2023/09325 to create new room above existing single storey storeroom at [site address] , Fovant, Wiltshire [postcode] , granted on 11 January 2024 by Wiltshire Council, is varied by deleting condition 3.

  2. Section 03

    Preliminary Matters

    On the application form, the applicant is named as [name] whereas on the appeal form, the appellant is named as [name]. However, file correspondence confirms that they are one and the same person. I am therefore satisfied that the appellant can make the appeal.

  3. Section 04

    Background and Main Issue

    The appeal relates to an extension to an existing dwelling. On my visit, I saw that a side extension has been built, although it has some differences of detail to the submitted plans, such as the design of the dormer. As a result, I shall treat the application and appeal as being for a proposal.

    The proposal includes a first-floor window that would face to the rear of the property. The submitted floor plan shows that the room served by this window would be a bathroom, though it may have a different use in the future. Condition 3 requires this window to be glazed with obscure glass. The National Planning Policy Framework requires that planning conditions should only be imposed where they are, amongst other things, necessary.

    The appeal site adjoins a dwelling, Springfield. The reason for the condition does not specify whose residential amenity it seeks to protect. However, the [name] refers to the condition in respect of the effect on the occupiers of Springfield. As such, the main issue is whether condition 3 is necessary in respect of the living conditions of the occupiers of Springfield, with regard to privacy and amenity.

  4. Section 05

    Reasons

    The proposed window would be close to Springfield and its garden. The somewhat curved boundary between the properties is arranged so that, if the window were unobscured, glimpsed views would be available into a small part of the rear garden of Springfield.

    However, the views available would be oblique, being broadly along the boundary line at its points closest to the window. As such, the views would not be particularly intrusive or oppressive. Such a relationship as that proposed would not be uncommon in built-up areas, where a degree of mutual overlooking is expected. Furthermore, Springfield has a garden of fairly large size, and existing vegetation would heavily filter views from the window, and vice-versa, even during winter months when foliage is reduced.

    For these reasons, as a matter of planning judgement, the use of clear, unobscured glazing would not result in an undue level of overlooking or loss of amenity to the occupiers of Springfield and its garden. Consequently, condition 3 is not necessary in respect of their living conditions with regard to privacy and amenity.

  5. Section 06

    Conclusion

    I conclude that the appeal should be allowed, and the planning permission varied, to delete condition 3.

Planning inspector and document dates

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    Extracted inspector · page 1
    Inspector attribution ID 3683No official casework-database value to compare
    Extracted decision date · page 1
    19 February 2025Matches the official casework database
    Extracted site visit dates
    11 February 2025 (page 1)

Reference and authority

Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.

Case reference
3341764
Application reference
PL/2023/09325
Lead case reference
Not recorded
Planning authority
Wiltshire Council
Planning authority code
E06000054

Casework details

The casework, procedure, development and linking details supplied by the official record.

Casework type
Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development type
Householder developments
Appeal type reason
4. Grant planning permission for the development subject to conditions to which you object
Appeal reason
Appeal Against Conditions
Type detail
Planning Appeals - Other
Jurisdiction
Transferred
Link status
Not Linked

Site and development

Published appeal-site measurements and planning designations, without the withheld precise location fields.

Site area
0.01 hectares
Floor space
20 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
Allowed
Decision category
Allowed
Received date
31 March 2024
Valid date
16 April 2024
Start date
10 June 2024
Planning authority decision date
11 January 2024
Appeal decision date
19 February 2025

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
64832
First seen
20 August 2026 at 14:25
Last seen
20 August 2026 at 16:28
Removed from release
Not recorded
Record created
20 August 2026 at 14:25
Record updated
24 August 2026 at 16:21
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