Planning appeal decision
40 Willement Road, Faversham, ME13 7SZ
Planning appeal 3268503 at 40 Willement Road, Faversham, ME13 7SZ (Swale Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 October 2021 by Inspector Symons G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the purpose of the building would be incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse, requiring a judgement about whether the activity is one that is, as a matter of fact and degree, reasonably required of the primary residential use.
an outbuilding within the garden
- Authority
- Swale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Symons G
- Postcode
- ME13 7SZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the purpose of the building would be incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse, requiring a judgement about whether the activity is one that is, as a matter of fact and degree, reasonably required of the primary residential use
What decided it
The appellants failed to discharge their burden of proving on the balance of probabilities that the proposed outbuilding would be reasonably required for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse.
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