Appeal 3353819
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 sections
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Section 01
Development description
the erection of a first floor rear extension.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of 61 and [address], with particular regard to outlook and natural light.
Section 04
Reasons
The appeal property forms part of a terrace of 2-storey Victorian houses, the majority of which feature 2-storey outriggers to the rear. These outriggers have a mirrored arrangement and have sufficient distance between them to ensure the windows in the main rear elevations of the houses gain adequate levels of natural light and outlook.
Unlike its neighbours the appeal property has a single-storey outrigger. The proposal would comprise the erection of a first floor level rear addition above this element which would enable the provision of an extra bedroom and a bathroom. This addition would have a mono-pitched roof and would be constructed of materials to match the existing.
The proposal would roughly double the height of the flank wall on the boundary shared with [address] and create a tall and very narrow gap between it and the outrigger to the rear of this house. This would leave a gap between the neighbouring outriggers that would be about half the width of those elsewhere in the terrace. This increased enclosure would severely reduce levels of daylight reaching, and outlook from, the ground floor window in the rear elevation of No. 61.
Due to its siting, height and bulk I therefore conclude that the proposal would have an unacceptable effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of [address]. As such it fails to accord with policy 57 of the Waltham Forest Local Plan Part One – Shaping the Borough 2020-2035 (2024) which states that new development should respect the amenity of existing and future occupiers, neighbours and the surrounding area by avoiding harmful impacts from, amongst other things, loss of outlook and daylight/sunlight.
The proposal would also reduce levels of daylight to, and outlook from, the ground floor rear window in No. 65. However, this window is further from the proposal than the corresponding one in the rear of No. 61 and a wider gap would be retained between the neighbouring outriggers in this case. For these reasons I am satisfied that the proposal would not have an unacceptable effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of No. 65.
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
- 3353819
- Application reference
- 241433
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Waltham Forest London Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E09000031
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
- 1
- Site in Green Belt
- No
- Agricultural holding
- Not recorded
- 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 October 2024
- Valid date
- 15 October 2024
- Start date
- 30 October 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 7 August 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
- 61953
- 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