Appeal 3363318
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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
Demolition of existing extension and erection of new single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling at [site address] , Birmingham [postcode] . Application Ref: 2025/00497/PA.
Section 02
Reasons
In the rear of the house at no 8, and close to that property’s shared boundary with the appeal site, is a sizable rear-garden facing, ground-floor window. I observed that this window serves an open-plan living/dining room, and, that this room also has a large front-facing window with an open aspect. As such, and even though the development would encroach beyond a line drawn at a 45-degree angle from the rear-facing window, it would still be possible to secure reasonable levels of sunlight and daylight in the living/dining room at no 8.
Although the development would be very close to the rear of the house at no. 8, the eaves of the extension would be only slightly higher than the tall close-boarded fencing and the well-established hedgerow that are on or close to the shared boundary between these 2 properties. Furthermore, the roof of the extension would slope gently up and away from this shared boundary. As such, the rear-facing window that serves the living/dining room of no.8. would continue to provide users of this room with a reasonable outlook over and above the rear garden of the property.
Consequently, the development would not harm the living conditions of the occupiers of no. 8, with particular regard to light and outlook, and accords with the policies cited in the decision notice.
Section 03
Conclusion
The proposal complies with the development plan as a whole and nothing indicates a decision otherwise.
Section 04
Conditions
The development hereby permitted shall begin not later than three years from the date of this decision.
The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with drawing nos; 2874 B – 07 rev B, 2874 B – 02 rev B, 2874 B – 03 rev B, 2874 B - 05 rev B, and 2874 B – 06 rev [name]: Certainty
The external materials of the extension hereby permitted shall match those used in the existing building. Reason: Protect character and appearance of area
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 2706No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 24 July 2025Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 3 June 2025 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3363318
- Application reference
- 2025/00497/PA
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Birmingham City Council
- Planning authority code
- E08000025
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
- Allowed
- Decision category
- Allowed
- Received date
- 31 March 2025
- Valid date
- 10 April 2025
- Start date
- 10 April 2025
- Planning authority decision date
- 21 March 2025
- Appeal decision date
- 24 July 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
- 73580
- 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