Planning appeal decision
173 Colby Drive, Thurmaston, Leicester, LE4 8LE
Planning appeal 3278235 at 173 Colby Drive, Thurmaston, Leicester, LE4 8LE (Charnwood Borough Council) was dismissed on 21 December 2021 by Inspector Cragg D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the GPDO.
single storey rear extension
- Authority
- Charnwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Cragg D
- Postcode
- LE4 8LE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the GPDO
What decided it
The proposed extension would extend beyond the side wall of the original dwellinghouse and would have a greater width than half the width of the original dwellinghouse, breaching A.1(j)(iii) of the GPDO.
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