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Allowed2 December 20223302579

The Garth, Letch Lane, Carlton, Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 1ED

Planning appeal 3302579 at The Garth, Letch Lane, Carlton, Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 1ED (Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council) was allowed on 2 December 2022 by Inspector Willows P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue an LDC was well-founded, turning on whether the proposed garage would be required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as such, so benefitting from the provisions of Class E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

a 4 bay domestic garage

Authority
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Willows P
Postcode
TS21 1ED

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue an LDC was well-founded, turning on whether the proposed garage would be required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as such, so benefitting from the provisions of Class E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015

What decided it

The appellant's credible explanation that the 5 cars at the property are all for domestic use of the household occupants, making the proposed garage genuinely and reasonably required for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse.

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