Appeal 3344387
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Official decision document
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4 sections
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Section 01
Development description
a first-floor extension to the rear to extend the footprint of the back 2 bedrooms.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the house and local area.
Section 04
Reasons
[site address] is a detached 2 storey house prominently placed on a corner plot within a residential area. Previously a semi-detached house, the other half of the pair was demolished to provide access to residential development at the rear. This has left No 7 with a hipped roof to one side and a gable facing [address].
The proposal is stated to be for a first floor extension. This would be on top of a rear single storey section with the new wall to sit flush to the existing side gable, on the street boundary. The submitted plans appear to be inaccurate in this respect, however. The existing single storey rear projection actually stops short of the gable wall, so there would need to be a new wall at ground floor level on the boundary. The proposal as drawn would create a more than 10m long section of 2 storey, gabled wall sitting right up to the highway verge, with only one window to break up its massing. This would be an overly bulky and visually dominant feature, as seen from [address] and [address].
The drawings furthermore show a few different roof pitches on the existing house, and propose another different pitch on the new extension. The resulting roofscape would be unnecessarily complex and inharmonious. I once again find some reason to question the accuracy of the submitted plans here as the hipped roof might not be drawn properly, but this is not crucial to my decision.
The appellant points out other extensions in the local area. I note that some nearby houses have rear extensions, but I saw nothing directly comparable to this proposal for development of a highly visible corner plot. I have considered this appeal proposal on its own merits.
I find no objection to the general scale of the proposal, but conclude that the detailed design would unacceptably harm the character and appearance of the house and local area. The proposal conflicts with policies LLP1, LLP19 and LLP25 of the Luton Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework, which aim to secure high quality design for extensions, where the mass, layout and roofscape are in keeping with and proportionate to the dwelling and streetscape.
I have considered all other matters raised and recognise the appellant’s reasonable wish to improve the family home. The appellant refers to the possibility of a permitted development hip to gable extension as a fall-back position here. That type of extension would have a much different visual impact, however, and does not justify the current proposal.
I find that the proposal conflicts with the development plan and conclude that the appeal should not succeed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 890No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 10 October 2024Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 23 September 2024 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3344387
- Application reference
- 24/00121/FULHH
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Luton Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E06000032
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
- 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
- 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
- 15 May 2024
- Valid date
- 15 May 2024
- Start date
- 21 June 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 10 April 2024
- Appeal decision date
- 10 October 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
- No
- 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
- 58267
- First seen
- 20 August 2026 at 14:24
- Last seen
- 20 August 2026 at 16:28
- Removed from release
- Not recorded
- Record created
- 20 August 2026 at 14:24
- Record updated
- 24 August 2026 at 16:21