2 Gladwin Road, COLCHESTER, CO2 7HS

described in the application form as “To incorporate roof dormer on western face of principal roof to allow conversion of attic into master bedroom with internal ceiling heigh of 2.4m: Increase pitch of roof to 39 degrees, raising ridge height by 87cm; Extend principal roof ridge north-south [front to back of building]; Construct new gable at roof level on part rear elevation”

Authority: Colchester Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Shrimplin R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the host building and its surroundings

What decided it

The box dormer's modern style and rectangular form would be entirely alien to the existing house design and would create an awkward and ungainly architectural composition that harms the character and appearance of the host building and streetscene.

Framework references: 12

Plan policies cited: Policy UR2, Policy DP1, Policy DP13

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.