54 Purbrock Avenue, Watford, WD25 0AD

Planning appeal 3273516 at 54 Purbrock Avenue, Watford, WD25 0AD (Watford Borough Council) was allowed on 4 January 2022 by Inspector Shields T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the outbuilding would benefit from permitted development under Article 3(1) and Class E, Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

Detached incidental outbuilding (gymnasium/games room and storage)

Authority: Watford Borough Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Shields T
Postcode: WD25 0AD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the outbuilding would benefit from permitted development under Article 3(1) and Class E, Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015

What decided it

The proposed outbuilding, containing only a gymnasium/games room and storage with no primary living accommodation, would be reasonably required for purposes ordinarily incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse and would therefore qualify as permitted development under Class E(a).

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Emin v SSE and Mid-Sussex District Council [1989] 58 P & CR 416

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