Planning appeal decision
11 Valley Fields Crescent, Enfield, EN2 7QB
Planning appeal 3275236 at 11 Valley Fields Crescent, Enfield, EN2 7QB (London Borough of Enfield) was dismissed on 9 December 2022 by Inspector Watson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the proposed works would have constituted permitted development under Article 3 and Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended.
the construction of a single storey rear extension together with internal alterations and replacing front double door with single door and window. Conversion of existing garage into outbuilding (ancillary to main house), removal of garage door and insertion of single door and window
- Authority
- London Borough of Enfield
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Watson S
- Postcode
- EN2 7QB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the proposed works would have constituted permitted development under Article 3 and Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended
What decided it
The proposed extension would exceed the 3 metre eaves height limitation under limitation (i) of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the GPDO when measured from the highest part of ground adjacent to the extension, and would also breach the eaves height requirement under limitation (d).
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