Appeal 3358650
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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
the enclosure of existing shed.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is allowed and planning permission is granted for the enclosure of existing shed at [site address] , Hampshire, [postcode] in accordance with the terms of the application, Ref 24/01191/HOU, and the plans submitted with it.
Section 03
Procedural Matters
The application was made retrospectively after the work had been completed.
The application form contained a lengthy description of the works, describing an existing shed in need of repair. The Council’s decision notice described the works as ‘enclosure of existing shed’. This was repeated by the appellant on the appeal form. I have used these form of words, which reasonably describe the development that has been undertaken, in the banner heading above and in my formal decision.
Section 04
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the development upon the character and appearance of the area.
Section 05
Reasons
The appeal property is a detached dwelling set back from its frontage onto [address] within a residential area. The property is enclosed along the back edge of the pavement by tall timber fence panels. The modified shed sits forward of the dwelling and in a corner of the dwelling’s frontage, close to the road and shared side boundary with [address]. The timber clad building has a shallow, mono-pitched roof with its side elevation facing the road.
The building reaches a maximum height of 2.23m and can be partially seen from [address] above the height of the existing boundary fence. However, I found it to be neither imposing nor incongruous in its setting. The frontage to the appeal property is large with ample space to accommodate the shed, which is perceived as an obvious ancillary and modest sized outbuilding in both form and function.
Furthermore, the garden frontages to properties along [address] vary considerably, with many bound by tall enclosures to the front and sides. They do not contribute to any significant sense of openness within the street scene. As such, I do not consider the frontage to No 6 to be overly sensitive to the degree of change that has been made to the original shed; the former presence of which appears undisputed by the main parties.
Overall, I am unable to identify any harm to the character or appearance of the area as a result of the development. As such, there is no conflict with Policy NBE9 of the Hart Local Plan (Strategy and Sites) 2032, adopted 2020, or saved Policy GEN1 of the Hart District Local Plan (Replacement) 1996-2006 as far as they both support development that respects local character. For the same reason I am satisfied that there is no conflict with the National Planning Policy Framework’s objectives for achieving well designed places.
Section 06
Conclusion
For the reasons given, the appeal is allowed. As the development has taken place, I have no reason to impose any conditions.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 286No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 7 March 2025Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 20 February 2025 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3358650
- Application reference
- 24/01191/HOU
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Hart District Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000089
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
- 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
- Not recorded
- Site within an SSSI
- Not recorded
Decision and dates
The published outcome and every imported case date.
- Official decision
- Allowed
- Decision category
- Allowed
- Received date
- 9 January 2025
- Valid date
- 9 January 2025
- Start date
- 15 January 2025
- Planning authority decision date
- 25 October 2024
- Appeal decision date
- 7 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
- 65905
- 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