Planning permission - conservation area

[bythebaytoday]

I live in an Edwardian house in a conservation area. We have put in for a ‘hip to gable’ extension however a few doors down a neighbour in the exact same house did a ‘dorma’ Extension a few years ago. They didn’t try to go for the full hip to gable in the first place so they didn’t get refused what we are asking.

Does anyone have any knowledge how the planning committee would view our application? Ie. has my neighbour now set a standard that the council will follow? I understand councils can be more lenient in differenet areas.
Thanks for any insight

I would've thought a hip to gable would significantly alter the "street scene", if you are part of a row of houses that follow a similar shape / appearance i think any obvious departure from an existing homogeneous pattern wouldn't be viewed favourably.

presumably your neighbours dormer is on the back of the house? and therefore not visible from the front?

have you had a look at your area's local plan (or core strategy if there isn't one). and there will be a conservation area appraisal which sets out what features of your area are thought noteworthy. that should give you a good few pointers of what may or may not be acceptable

Thanks for your help @pinkobe.

My friends dormer is actually stuck on the side of house and visible from the front. I think a hip to gable is far more pleasing to the eye.

Ultimately I have to sit and wait.

We had this. We got away with a hip-to-gable and rear dormer. We pushed it to the max. Now my new neighbours want to do the same but have been refused. Our council says that they treat each pair of houses as a set & so my neighbour has to match his opposite side & not mine. Personally, I think a h-t-g is much neater than those ugly 'add-on' boxes.

I’ve heard it’s a bit of luck of the draw too, what planning officer you get etc. I can’t stand the waiting game, I have to sit here for 5 weeks until the architect can chase for feedback. You’d think councils would be behind people extending and improving their homes. I could point out 101 eyesore extensions that have been approved near me.