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Allowed21 August 20253366173

Totley Grove Cottage, Hillfoot Road, Sheffield, County (Optional), S17 3AX

Planning appeal 3366173 at Totley Grove Cottage, Hillfoot Road, Sheffield, County (Optional), S17 3AX (Sheffield City Council) was allowed on 21 August 2025 by Inspector Eggleton P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would amount to inappropriate development within the Green Belt.

to replace two rear facing Velux windows with two dormer windows

Authority
Sheffield City Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Eggleton P
Postcode
S17 3AX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would amount to inappropriate development within the Green Belt
  • Whether there would be any other harm to the Green Belt
  • Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development

What decided it

The very small additional volume increase of 2.2% from the dormers, when considered cumulatively with the previous roof extension, does not constitute a disproportionate addition and therefore does not represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GE6(a) of the Unitary Development Plan 1998

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