Land at 19 Overton Drive, BRADFORD, BD6 3NE

without planning permission, the construction of a front boundary wall/fence and gates. The hard surfacing of the front garden area of the land with non-porous material with no provision to direct runoff water within the curtilage of the dwelling house

Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Rogers B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the construction of a front boundary wall/fence and gates, and the hard surfacing of the front garden area with non-porous material, constitute development requiring planning permission and whether they benefit from permitted development rights under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015

What decided it

The wall, fence and gates exceed 1 metre in height and the hardstanding does not drain to a permeable area within the curtilage, so neither element benefits from permitted development rights.

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