Planning appeal decision
The Gables, Barnet Road, Potters Bar, EN6 2SJ
Planning appeal 3268400 at The Gables, Barnet Road, Potters Bar, EN6 2SJ (Hertsmere Borough Council) was dismissed on 21 October 2021 by Inspector Jones L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded.
erection of single storey detached outbuilding, pool house and gym studio ancillary to main dwelling to include associated landscaping
- Authority
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Jones L
- Postcode
- EN6 2SJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded
What decided it
The proposed outbuildings, as a matter of fact and degree, were not shown to be reasonably required for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse due to their excessive combined size and lack of substantive justification for the scale of accommodation proposed.
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