Planning appeal decision
The Old Rectory High Street, Mawdesley, Ormskirk, L40 3TD
Planning appeal 3291325 at The Old Rectory High Street, Mawdesley, Ormskirk, L40 3TD (Chorley Borough Council) was allowed on 18 July 2022 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a lawful development certificate was well-founded, turning on whether the development falls within Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015.
the creation of a single storey outbuilding for incidental use associated with an existing dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Phillips A
- Postcode
- L40 3TD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a lawful development certificate was well-founded, turning on whether the development falls within Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015
What decided it
The proposed outbuilding would be required in its entirety for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse, with all uses functionally linked to and dependent upon the primary residential use, thus falling within Class E of the GPDO regardless of its substantial physical size.
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