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Split Decision7 January 20223273867

Mill Farm, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TR

Planning appeal 3273867 at Mill Farm, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TR (South Oxfordshire District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 7 January 2022 by Inspector Jones R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful development was well-founded, turning on whether the new building works and alterations would have been lawful on 21 October 2020 as permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

described as ‘New building works and alterations to the existing carried out under permitted development

Authority
South Oxfordshire District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Householder developments
Inspector
Jones R
Postcode
RG4 6TR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful development was well-founded, turning on whether the new building works and alterations would have been lawful on 21 October 2020 as permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015

What decided it

The extension to Unit 2 satisfied the permitted development limitations under Class H of the GPDO 2015, particularly the 5-metre boundary setback requirement in H.1(e), whereas the extension to Unit 3 breached this limitation by being positioned alongside the boundary to Mill Farm Cottages.

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