Appeal 3348846
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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
new dark-brown stained timber panel perimeter fence to dwelling boundaries with concrete posts.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue in this appeal is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
Section 04
Reasons
The appeal property is a semi-detached property, on a corner plot, in a predominately residential area. The dwelling has highway to the front, rear and to the side of the property.
The proposal introduces tall, hard boundary treatment and a solid form of enclosure that is out of character with the locality, which consists of mostly vegetation boundaries and low walls. Due to its height and materials, it is overly dominant and prominent, and represents an incongruous form of development within the locality.
I note there is some mitigation from boundary vegetation to the front and rear that seeks to soften the harshness of the fence, but this vegetation is largely seasonal. The side boundary being exposed means that it remains quite visible overall in the street scene where its appearance is quite strident and contrasts with the character of the estate. I agree with the Council that, owing to the contrast, it represents an incongruous feature in the street scene.
I note the frustrations of the appellant in relation to other similar boundary treatments in the locality and also comment from a nearby resident stating that the works have tidied up the boundaries. Nonetheless the existence of other treatments and positive comments from a nearby resident does not justify further harm to the character and appearance of the area by the retention of
Section 05
the appeal proposal.
I also note the comments of the appellant with regard to what is or is not permitted development. This appeal is not the arena to deal with the issue of what may or may not be permitted development. The appeal seeks approval for the whole fence, and I must deal with the proposal as submitted and refused planning permission accordingly.
I conclude that the development causes significant harm to the character and appearance of the area and would be in conflict with policies GSP1 and GSP3 of the Peak District National Park Local Development Framework (2011) and policy DMC3 of the Development Management Policies Part 2 Local Plan (2019), which when taken as whole, amongst other matters, expect development to respect, conserve and enhance all valued characteristics of the site and buildings.
Section 06
Conclusion
The proposal conflicts with the development plan and there are no other considerations that outweigh this conflict. For the reasons outlined above, 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 221No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 30 October 2024Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 15 October 2024 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3348846
- Application reference
- NP/HPK/0524/0523
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Peak District
- Planning authority code
- E26000006
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
- 18 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
- 25 July 2024
- Valid date
- 25 July 2024
- Start date
- 3 September 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 12 July 2024
- Appeal decision date
- 30 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
- 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
- 59233
- 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