Planning appeal decision
162 West Street, Dunstable, LU6 1NX
Planning appeal 3263086 at 162 West Street, Dunstable, LU6 1NX (Central Bedfordshire) was allowed on 6 October 2021 by Inspector Willows P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue an LDC was well-founded, turning on whether the development proposed amounted to the enlargement of the house consisting of additions and alterations to its roof falling wholly within Classes B and C of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
described as: Proposed conversion of loft to habitable space including dormers to rear roofslopes and insertion of three rooflights to front roofslope
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Willows P
- Postcode
- LU6 1NX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue an LDC was well-founded, turning on whether the development proposed amounted to the enlargement of the house consisting of additions and alterations to its roof falling wholly within Classes B and C of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
What decided it
The element above the outrigger, despite involving wall height increases, constitutes an integral part of an addition to the roof of the property rather than a separate extension, and therefore the entire development falls wholly within Classes B and C of the GPDO.
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