Appeal 3363827
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 sections
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Section 01
Development description
single storey flat roof extension to existing kitchen.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Background and Main Issue
[name].4.(7) of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (the GPDO) requires that where an owner or occupier of adjoining premises objects to the proposed development, consideration is given to its impact on the amenity of any adjoining premises. In this instance, a neighbour representation was made in response to the proposed development. As that raised concerns it is taken as an objection under paragraph A.4.(7) of Class A of the GPDO.
In this context, the Council refused prior approval in light of its effect on the occupants of No [address]. Therefore, the main issue is whether or not the proposed extension would be acceptable with respect to its effect on the amenity of the occupants of No 6, with particular regard to outlook and light.
Section 04
Reasons
[name] 6, the closest ground floor side and rear facing windows to the proposed development are already situated relatively close to the two storey outrigger of No
As such, their outlook and natural light is already constrained to a certain extent, as is typical with this traditional terraced layout. However, the proposed extension would result in a solid brick wall along the adjoining boundary with No 6. Whilst single storey, it would project above the existing boundary wall, in close proximity to the nearest side and rear facing windows at No 6. One of those side facing windows likely relates to a habitable room such as the kitchen. The ground floor rear facing window also appears to be for a habitable room. As such, these are likely to be important for providing an outlook and natural light to those rooms.
Given the proximity of the proposed extension to those habitable room windows, the proposed extension would appear oppressive. Positioned alongside the rear facing window, it would also diminish natural light to that room to an unacceptable degree. No substantive evidence indicates otherwise. Although the occupants of that house did not object to the proposal, the appeal is determined having consideration to its effect on existing and future occupants of that house. For the reasons given, the proposed extension would not be acceptable with respect to its effect on the amenity of the occupants of No 6, with particular regard to outlook and light.
Section 05
Conclusion
Therefore, the appeal is dismissed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 653No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 12 June 2025Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 10 June 2025 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3363827
- Application reference
- 25/40179/NHPD
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Stafford Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000197
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
- 3. Refused prior approval of permitted development rights
- 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
- 9 April 2025
- Valid date
- 9 April 2025
- Start date
- 14 April 2025
- Planning authority decision date
- 3 March 2025
- Appeal decision date
- 12 June 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
- No
- 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
- 71143
- 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