Planning appeal decision
21 Buttermere Road, Bradford, BD2 4JA
Planning appeal 3294101 at 21 Buttermere Road, Bradford, BD2 4JA (City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council) was dismissed on 28 July 2022 by Inspector Gray E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the construction of a dormer window to the rear roof plane constitutes a breach of planning control, specifically whether it qualifies as permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
Without planning permission, the construction of a dormer window to the rear roof plane of the building on the land, as shown in the photograph attached to the notice
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Gray E
- Postcode
- BD2 4JA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the construction of a dormer window to the rear roof plane constitutes a breach of planning control, specifically whether it qualifies as permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
What decided it
The horizontal boarding cladding on the main face of the dormer introduces a new design element not found elsewhere in the existing roof, falling outside the permitted development conditions and requiring planning permission which was not obtained.
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