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Dismissed4 October 20223289807

3 Grantley Street, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9UY

Planning appeal 3289807 at 3 Grantley Street, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9UY (Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 October 2022 by Inspector Whalley J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use of the rear garden timber building as a dog grooming salon would constitute a material change of use requiring planning permission, or whether it would be incidental to the residential use of the dwellinghouse.

Use of domestic garden building as dog grooming salon

Authority
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Whalley J
Postcode
WN4 9UY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the use of the rear garden timber building as a dog grooming salon would constitute a material change of use requiring planning permission, or whether it would be incidental to the residential use of the dwellinghouse

What decided it

A commercial dog grooming business use on an undefined scale would constitute a material change of use requiring planning permission and cannot be certified as lawful incidental use to a dwellinghouse.

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