40 Rocastle Close, LIVERPOOL, L6 1PJ

permitted by the Order. Reasons 3. For the purposes of the 1990 Act uses and operations are lawful at any time if no enforcement action may then be taken in respect of them, and they do not constitute a contravention of any of the requirements of any enforcement notice then in force. 4. The development consists of a single storey extension to the dwelling, as described in Class A, and alterations to its roof, as described in Class B. From the plans before me and from observing the development it does not appear that the extensions have been constructed in a way contrary to any of the exceptions to either of those Classes (such as volumetric limits or proximity to Appeal

Authority: Liverpool City Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Renaudon L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development is described as permitted by article 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 by reference to Classes A and B of Part 1 of the Second Schedule to the Order

What decided it

The failure to comply with the material similarity conditions in Classes A and B of the General Permitted Development Order, as the exterior materials used (anthracite cladding, plain roof tiles, and white uPVC windows) were not of similar appearance to the existing dwellinghouse.

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