Planning appeal decision
113 Thicket Avenue, Bristol, BS16 4EQ
Planning appeal 3276956 at 113 Thicket Avenue, Bristol, BS16 4EQ (Bristol City Council) was dismissed on 22 September 2021 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the erection of two canopy structures to the front of the property constitutes development requiring planning permission.
Without the grant of planning permission the erection of two canopy structures to the front of the property
- Authority
- Bristol City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hanson S
- Postcode
- BS16 4EQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the erection of two canopy structures to the front of the property constitutes development requiring planning permission
What decided it
The canopies, by reason of their considerable bulk and mass, timber construction bolted together, and apparent fixity to the ground, constitute operational development within section 55(1A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and therefore require planning permission.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Cardiff Rating Authority v Guest Keen Baldwin's Iron and Steel Co Ltd [1949] 1QB 385; Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v SSETR (No.2) [2000] 2 PLR 102
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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