Planning appeal decision
1 Hill House Cottages, Milley Lane, Hare Hatch, Wokingham, RG10 9TH
Planning appeal 3285604 at 1 Hill House Cottages, Milley Lane, Hare Hatch, Wokingham, RG10 9TH (Wokingham Borough Council) was allowed on 19 July 2022 by Inspector Moss J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, specifically whether the proposed building would be located within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse and whether it would be required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse having regard to its proposed use and size.
Erection of an incidental residential outbuilding for vehicle storage, workshop and log store
- Authority
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Moss J
- Postcode
- RG10 9TH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, specifically whether the proposed building would be located within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse and whether it would be required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse having regard to its proposed use and size
What decided it
The proposed building would be required for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse, as the nature and scale of the vehicle storage, workshop and log store uses, when considered as a whole and in context, would remain ancillary and subordinate to the main residential use.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Emin v SSE & Mid Sussex DC [1989] JPL 909
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