Planning appeal decision
18 Lower Rock Gardens, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1PG
Planning appeal 3275147 at 18 Lower Rock Gardens, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1PG (Brighton and Hove City Council) was dismissed on 6 May 2022 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the structure is a caravan (and therefore not development) or a shed/outbuilding (and therefore development requiring planning permission).
Without planning permission, the erection of a shed/outbuilding on the front hardstanding of the property
- Authority
- Brighton and Hove City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hocking P
- Postcode
- BN2 1PG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the structure is a caravan (and therefore not development) or a shed/outbuilding (and therefore development requiring planning permission)
- Whether planning permission has already been granted or the structure constitutes permitted development
What decided it
The structure, considered in the round as a matter of fact and degree, constitutes a shed/outbuilding rather than a caravan, and therefore constitutes development requiring planning permission which was not obtained.
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