Appeal 3365921
Public case and site metadata stored from the official casework database, including fields that were empty in the source release.
A clearer next step
See how Inspectors approached issues like yours
Bring your planning decision into a private workspace. We separate the disputed points, then match them with source-located Inspector reasoning from similar appeals.
- See which issues the decision appears to turn on
- Compare the facts and open the full appeal records
One private comparison
How the refusal review worksOne-off service · No subscription
Similar appeals are evidence to inspect, not a prediction of your outcome.
Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 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
dormer window to side elevation.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the host property and surrounding area.
Section 04
Reasons
There is some variety in the style and design of roofs along [address] and there are examples of dwellings in the locality which have roof extensions and alterations. However, as a pair of semi-detached houses, the host property (No 8) and No [address] have roofs that reflect the original hipped form and have a clear sense of balance and symmetry. The host property is set forward of the building line of [address] (No 10) allowing for clear views of its side elevation.
The creation of a dormer window on the side elevation at the appeal property unbalances the appearance of the pair of houses and removes the sense of symmetry. Also, the proposal would overlap the front and rear roof slopes and as a result would dominate the host property and appear as an overly large and incongruous feature within the street scene.
There is a mature tree within the front garden of No 10. However, it is set back from the side elevation of No 8 and due to its position and open structure would not provide sufficient screening of the proposed dormer.
I appreciate that there are a number of examples of both hip to gable and dormer roof extensions on [address]. However, I am not aware of the particular circumstances in these cases. In any event I must consider the appeal on its own merits. The existence of other roof extensions in the locality does not justify the harm I have identified.
For the reasons detailed above the proposed development would have a harmful effect on the character and appearance of the host property and surrounding area. Therefore, it conflicts with Policy CS15 of Planning for the [name] and Urban Core Plan for Gateshead and [site address] 2010-2030 and Policies DM20 and DM23 of the [site address] Development and Allocations Plan 2015-2030 which require that developments deliver high quality and sustainable design, respond positively to local distinctiveness and character; and protects the distinctive character of the existing buildings and the surrounding area with respect to the design, scale and materials used on buildings.
Section 05
Conclusion
For the reasons given above the 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 33807No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 11 September 2025Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 26 August 2025 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3365921
- Application reference
- 2025/0373/01/HOU
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council
- Planning authority code
- E08000021
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
- 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
- 18 May 2025
- Valid date
- 22 May 2025
- Start date
- 23 May 2025
- Planning authority decision date
- 6 May 2025
- Appeal decision date
- 11 September 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
- 76183
- 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