Planning appeal decision
Land at 2 Hamdown Cottages, Newbury Road, Shirley, Southampton, SO15 5QY
Planning appeal 3271165 at Land at 2 Hamdown Cottages, Newbury Road, Shirley, Southampton, SO15 5QY (Southampton City Council) was dismissed on 19 July 2021 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the notice constitute a breach of planning control (ground c).
without planning permission, the erection of a breeze block and timber raised platform structure on the roof of the existing single storey rear extension
- Authority
- Southampton City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- SO15 5QY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged in the notice constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)
- Whether the requirements of the notice are excessive (ground f)
What decided it
The works constitute construction of a raised platform which is excluded from permitted development rights and no express planning permission was granted.
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