Wakefield Metropolitan District Council appeal evidence
Refused over area character and appearance in Wakefield Metropolitan?
See how siting, scale and narrowed gaps counted against garages, and what helped an allowed fence and gates.
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- Matched locally
- 62 of 84
- eligible decision families
- Allowed
- 15
- matched appeal records
- Dismissed
- 47
- matched appeal records
- Householder
- 58
- of 62 matched records
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Planning Data area point: Wakefield LPA (53.660681, −1.411806). This is the published representative point for the authority boundary, not a town hall, camera position or appeal site.
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council appeal findings
Wakefield garages, extensions and boundary treatments
The selected examples are more dismissal-heavy than the matched local set, and some extracts provide only a harm conclusion.
Counted against appeals
Garage siting, scale and gaps
Siting and scale made it intrusive
A detached garage with studio space was found prominent and intrusive because of its siting and scale.
A wider garage narrowed the gap
The wider appeal garage narrowed the gap to the main dwelling, unlike the approved fallback garage. The fallback therefore carried limited weight.
Harm was recorded without detail
The displayed paragraphs conclude that the proposal harms area character and appearance, but give no site-specific detail explaining it.
Helped or needed
Fence and gate design respecting locality
Design and materials respected the locality
The fence and gates respected local character through their design, scale, height, materials and colour, without significant harm.
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- Does the refusal identify siting or scale as making the building intrusive?
- Would the proposal narrow a gap to the main dwelling?
- Can you show how design, height, materials and colour respect the locality?
The allowed example concerns fence and gates, so it offers a narrow comparison for garage and extension proposals. These decisions do not predict another result.
Appeal evidence examples
Compare allowed and dismissed appeal reasoning
Each example separates the development, the Inspector-stated issue that selected it, and the reasoning from the decision. Compare the facts as well as the outcome: these examples do not predict how a different proposal would be decided.
Allowed appeal examples
1 example
5 July 2022 · Allowed
Development described in the decision
No verified development description was available for this example.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
Paragraph 4 · Source page 1
Reasoning from the decision
In relation to the main issue, the development has a satisfactory effect on the character and appearance of the area. The fence and gates appropriately respect the character of the locality in terms of its design, scale, height, materials and colour, not resulting in significant harm to the character of the area. This would therefore comply with Policies D9 and D10 of the Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Local Development Framework (LDF) Development Policies, April 2009. It would also be appropriate in terms of its scale as sought by Policy CS10 of the [name], April 2009.
Paragraph 8 · Source page 2
Dismissed appeal examples
4 examples
8 July 2022 · Dismissed
Development described in the decision
the construction of a detached garage with associated studio space.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
Paragraph 2 · Source page 1
Reasoning from the decision
I conclude that, because of its siting and scale, the proposed development would be a prominent and intrusive building, and so would be harmful to the character and appearance of the area. The proposal therefore conflicts with Policy CS10 of the 2009 [name], and with Policies D9 and D10 of the 2009 Wakefield Development Policies Document. Together, and among other things, these policies require new development (including residential alterations) to be well-designed and appropriate to their surroundings in scale, massing and layout. For the same reasons, the proposal conflicts with the requirements set out in Chapter 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework which seek to achieve well-designed places.
Paragraph 12 · Source page 3
28 September 2022 · Dismissed
Development described in the decision
a first-floor extension to existing detached garage and two storey link extension to front.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issue is the effect of the development upon the character and appearance of the area.
Paragraph 2 · Source page 1
Reasoning from the decision
For the collective reasons outlined above, I conclude that the proposal would cause significant harm to the character and appearance of the area. Therefore, it would not accord with the design, character and appearance requirements of policies D9(a) and D10(d) of the Council’s Local Development Framework Development Policies 2009.
Paragraph 7 · Source page 2
20 March 2023 · Dismissed
Development described in the decision
demolition of existing detached garage and outbuilding and proposed new detached garage with gym above.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
Paragraph 2 · Source page 1
Reasoning from the decision
It is indicated that a previous permission at the site for another detached garage could be implemented, and this is a fallback position. While of a similar height, the approved scheme differs from the appeal scheme. It is not as wide and so does not narrow the gap between the garage and the main dwelling to the same extent as the appeal scheme would. The approved development has not been found to cause harm to the character and appearance of the area and accords with the development plan. Consequently, I find the suggested fallback position to have limited weight in the determination of the appeal.
Paragraph 6 · Source page 2
19 December 2024 · Dismissed
Development described in the decision
proposed detached garage to front of bungalow currently under construction.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issues are the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
Paragraph 2 · Source page 1
Reasoning from the decision
I find that the proposed development would harm the character and appearance of the area. There is conflict with Policies SP23, LP56 LP57 of the Wakefield District Local Plan 2036 (2024) which seeks amongst other things that developments are of a high quality and appropriate to their location.
Paragraph 6 · Source page 1