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Split Decision10 November 20213260604

South Fork Farm, Wrotham Hill, Dunsfold, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4PA

Planning appeal 3260604 at South Fork Farm, Wrotham Hill, Dunsfold, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4PA (Waverley Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 10 November 2021 by Inspector Madge M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's failure to determine whether a lawful development certificate should be issued (Appeal A) and their subsequent refusal to issue a certificate (Appeal B) are well founded, turning on whether the appellant can show on the balance of probability that the proposed alterations comprising internal doors and positioning of new windows would be lawful.

Alteration to existing building comprising internal doors and positioning of new windows

Authority
Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Other minor developments
Inspector
Madge M
Postcode
GU8 4PA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's failure to determine whether a lawful development certificate should be issued (Appeal A) and their subsequent refusal to issue a certificate (Appeal B) are well founded, turning on whether the appellant can show on the balance of probability that the proposed alterations comprising internal doors and positioning of new windows would be lawful

What decided it

The positioning of new windows materially affects the external appearance of the building and therefore constitutes development requiring planning permission, whereas internal doors affect only the interior and do not.

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