Planning appeal decision
Land to the Side of The Barnes, Cherry Cottage, Blakeston Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 3LE
Planning appeal 3298239 at Land to the Side of The Barnes, Cherry Cottage, Blakeston Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 3LE (Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 August 2022 by Inspector Merrett R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be granted planning permission by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E(a) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (GPDO).
Erection of an outbuilding incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse (Class E of GPDO)
- Authority
- Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Merrett R
- Postcode
- TS21 3LE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be granted planning permission by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E(a) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (GPDO)
What decided it
The proposed building site lacks the close spatial and intimate association with the dwelling required to fall within its curtilage, and the appellant failed to demonstrate the building would serve a purpose incidental to the dwelling's enjoyment.
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