Planning appeal decision
Wheelspin, Salt Box Road, Worplesdon, Surrey, GU3 3TA
Planning appeal 3290553 at Wheelspin, Salt Box Road, Worplesdon, Surrey, GU3 3TA (Guildford Borough Council) was dismissed on 7 December 2022 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether sufficient information has been provided to establish whether the proposal complies with the conditions, limitations or restrictions applicable to permitted development, with particular regard to whether it would extend beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse by more than 8 metres and whether it would extend beyond a wall forming a side elevation of the original dwellinghouse and would have a width greater than half the width of the original dwellinghouse.
described on the application form as: ‘8m single storey rear extension and 2nd story on existing original building. All to be compliant with Permitted development under TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
- Authority
- Guildford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Douglas L
- Postcode
- GU3 3TA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether sufficient information has been provided to establish whether the proposal complies with the conditions, limitations or restrictions applicable to permitted development, with particular regard to whether it would extend beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse by more than 8 metres and whether it would extend beyond a wall forming a side elevation of the original dwellinghouse and would have a width greater than half the width of the original dwellinghouse
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficient information to enable the Inspector to establish whether the proposed development would comply with the GPDO limitations regarding rear and side wall extensions, particularly the location of the original building's walls as they existed on 1 July 1948.
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