Appeal 3351559
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
4 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
an outbuilding.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The building has already been erected. The main issue is its effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area.
Section 04
Reasons
Because of its position, the proposal is readily visible from [address] and The Beeches. As it occupies a considerable proportion of the rear garden and due to its significant length, the building stands out as an unexpectedly large and intrusive feature in its setting. Whilst the use of left over and recycled materials is laudable, its negative visual impact is accentuated by the amalgam of external finishes used in the construction. Because of this it detracts from the surrounding residential estate where other outbuildings are generally smaller in size and more conventional in style or in less prominent locations.
Although the building was erected in ignorance of the need for permission, this does not alter the adverse consequences for the locality. Indeed, it harms the character and appearance of the surrounding area. As such, it is contrary to Policies CSTP22, PMD1 and PMD2 of the [name] and Policies for Management of Development 2015 which are concerned with design, layout and the character and distinctiveness of Thurrock. There are no material considerations that outweigh the failure to accord with the development plan. Therefore, for the reasons given, the appeal should not succeed.
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 311No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 17 March 2025Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 12 March 2025 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3351559
- Application reference
- 24/00493/HHA
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E06000034
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
- 23 m²
- Number of residences
- 10
- 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
- 9 September 2024
- Valid date
- 9 September 2024
- Start date
- 25 September 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 4 July 2024
- Appeal decision date
- 17 March 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
- 66346
- 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