Planning appeal decision
Akal House, Thames View, Langdon Hills, Essex, SS16 5LN
Planning appeal 3267802 at Akal House, Thames View, Langdon Hills, Essex, SS16 5LN (Basildon District Council) was dismissed on 14 October 2021 by Inspector Thomas N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the pool building would be permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended, specifically whether it is required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse and whether it would be sited forward of the principal elevation of the dwellinghouse.
construction of a pool building
- Authority
- Basildon District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Thomas N
- Postcode
- SS16 5LN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the pool building would be permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended, specifically whether it is required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse and whether it would be sited forward of the principal elevation of the dwellinghouse
What decided it
The pool building failed both tests for permitted development: it was not genuinely and reasonably required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse, and it would be sited forward of the principal elevation of the original dwellinghouse.
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