5 Wyecliffe Gardens, Merstham, Redhill, RH1 3HN

Planning appeal 3294197 at 5 Wyecliffe Gardens, Merstham, Redhill, RH1 3HN (Reigate and Banstead Borough Council) was allowed on 27 February 2023 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the appellants have shown that planning permission is granted for the proposal by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class B and Class C of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

a proposed rear roof dormer extension and insertion of front roof lights with internal and external alterations and demolition to facilitate the works

Authority: Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Hawkins S
Postcode: RH1 3HN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the appellants have shown that planning permission is granted for the proposal by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class B and Class C of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

What decided it

The annotated drawings supplied at appeal, read in conjunction with the supporting statement, demonstrated on the balance of probability that the highest part of the dormer would not exceed the existing roof ridge tiles, thereby meeting the critical limitation in Class B paragraph B.1(b) of the GPDO.

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