Appeal 3351026
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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
described on the application form thus “The proposal raises the ridge height of the property by 600mm along with the addition of a rear dormer”
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 host building and the surrounding area.
Section 04
Reasons
The appeal property is a 2-storey semi-detached house that has been extended to the side and rear and has a relatively shallow pitched roof. It forms part of a group of semi-detached and terraced houses of similar age, form and height that front onto [address] and the neighbouring streets. Key characteristics of this group of houses are the shallow roof forms, regular ridge levels and absence of dormer additions.
The proposal would comprise the formation of a roof addition with a dormer within the rear roof slope. This would provide a pair of double bedrooms and an en-suite. To accommodate this the ridge and front eaves would be raised to levels that would be noticeably higher than the ridge and eaves of the attached neighbouring house and the neighbouring terrace. These changes would result in an ungainly roof form that would be an overly prominent and incongruous element in the street scene.
The dormer would occupy the vast majority of the rear roof slope, extend above existing ridge level and create a large expanse of flat roof. In this location, which is notable for an absence of roof level additions, this constitutes an unsympathetic and disproportionate addition that would be out of keeping with the prevailing roof forms in the area.
Due to its siting, size and bulk I therefore conclude that the proposal would have an unacceptable effect on the host building and the surrounding area. As such it is contrary to Policy D3 of the London Plan (2021) (LP) and Policies SP1 and SP3 of the London Borough of Newham’s Local Plan (2018) (NLP). Amongst other matters these policies require high quality development that enhances local context, delivering buildings and spaces that positively respond to local distinctiveness. The proposal also fails to accord with the aims of the National Planning Policy Framework (2023) and the Council’s Altering and [name], Supplementary Planning Document (2018).
The Council’s reason for refusal refers to [name] D1 and D4 and NLP Policy SP8. These do not directly relate to the matters before me. Consequently, there is no conflict with these policies.
Section 05
Conclusion
For the reasons set out above, and having regard to all other matters raised, I conclude that the appeal should fail.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 246No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 18 December 2024Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 6 December 2024 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3351026
- Application reference
- 24/00888/hh
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- London Borough of Newham
- Planning authority code
- E09000025
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
- No
- 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
- 30 August 2024
- Valid date
- 30 August 2024
- Start date
- 18 September 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 9 July 2024
- Appeal decision date
- 18 December 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
- 61944
- 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