Appeal 3358194
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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
erection of a 1.90m high boundary fence and 1.60m high gates.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Procedural Matter
At the time of my site visit, I saw that the development was in situ. The application has been submitted retrospectively; I have dealt with the appeal on this basis.
The Council changed the description of development from that stated on the application form in the interests of clarity. I consider that the amended description accurately describes the appeal scheme and accordingly I have adopted an amended description in the heading above.
Since the submission of the appeal the National Planning Policy Framework (2023) has been superseded by the National Planning Policy Framework (2024) (the Framework). However, in relation to this appeal the aims of both sets of policies are similar. No party would be prejudiced or caused any injustice by me proceeding with the appeal in light of this change in policy.
Section 04
Main Issue
The main issue in this appeal is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
Section 05
Reasons
The appeal site is located in a mixed-use area with residential properties adjacent and commercial units opposite. The appeals site is located on the junction of [address] and [address] and has a large frontage which is highly visible on this corner plot.
Boundary treatments in the locality vary and whilst I observed a high fence in the immediate area during my site visit this form of boundary treatment is not a common feature.
The height of the fence and gates on a prominent corner is stark in the context of the streetscene, due to the positioning, materials and height. I find that the proposed development harms the character and appearance of the area.
Whilst the fence and gates offer a degree or privacy and security for occupiers of the site, this does not outweigh the harm I have found to the character and appearance of the area
There is conflict with saved Policies CP3 and CP4 of the Derby City Local Plan Part 1: [name] (2017) and Policy GD5 of the Derby City Local Plan Review (2006) which seek amongst other things to ensure developments are well designed responding to their context.
There is also conflict with the Framework which seeks to ensure developments are of good design appropriate and sympathetic to their surroundings.
Section 06
Conclusion
For the above reasons I conclude that this appeal should be dismissed.
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 126No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 28 March 2025Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 23 March 2025 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3358194
- Application reference
- 24/01243/FUL
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Derby City Council
- Planning authority code
- E06000015
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
- 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
- 26 December 2024
- Valid date
- 2 January 2025
- Start date
- 30 January 2025
- Planning authority decision date
- 25 November 2024
- Appeal decision date
- 28 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
- 67117
- 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