Planning appeal decision
Kingsmeadow Fitness And Athletics Centre Kingsmeadow Stadium , 422A Kingston Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 3PB
Planning appeal 3269510 at Kingsmeadow Fitness And Athletics Centre Kingsmeadow Stadium , 422A Kingston Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 3PB (Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames) was dismissed on 20 December 2021 by Inspector Pleasant L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's deemed refusal to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development would have been well founded.
the installation of a storage container
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Pleasant L
- Postcode
- KT1 3PB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's deemed refusal to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development would have been well founded
What decided it
The storage container, assessed against the legal tests of size, permanence, and physical attachment, constitutes a building operation requiring planning permission and does not benefit from permitted development rights.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Skerritts of Nottingham Limited v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions [2000] 2 P.L.R. 102; R (Save Wooley Valley Action Group Ltd) v Bath and North East Somerset Council [2012] EWHC 2161 (Admin)
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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