Planning appeal decision
4 Markham Close, Borehamwood, WD6 4PQ
Planning appeal 3275269 at 4 Markham Close, Borehamwood, WD6 4PQ (Hertsmere Borough Council) was dismissed on 5 August 2022 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the appellant has shown that planning permission is granted for the proposal by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class B and Class C of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
a loft conversion with rear dormer and front skylights
- Authority
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- WD6 4PQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the appellant has shown that planning permission is granted for the proposal by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class B and Class C of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
What decided it
Condition 11 attached to the original 1998 planning permission restricts roof alterations and extensions without express planning permission, and this restriction continues to apply to the GPDO and prevents the proposed development from being permitted development.
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