Planning appeal decision
48 Windermere Terrace, South Moor, Stanley, DH9 7QU
Planning appeal 3286438 at 48 Windermere Terrace, South Moor, Stanley, DH9 7QU (Durham County Council) was dismissed on 23 February 2022 by Inspector Gray E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the shipping container amounts to operational development requiring planning permission.
Without planning permission the operational development consisting of the locating of a shipping container in the front garden of the property forward of the principal elevation of the dwelling house
- Authority
- Durham County Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Gray E
- Postcode
- DH9 7QU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the shipping container amounts to operational development requiring planning permission
- Whether the steps required to comply with the enforcement notice are excessive
What decided it
The container's size, weight, and permanence, combined with its prominent position forward of the principal elevation, constitute operational development for which planning permission is required and cannot be remedied by relocation or screening.
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