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Allowed14 June 20233302734

30 Swaffham Road, Reach, Cambridge, CB25 0HZ

Planning appeal 3302734 at 30 Swaffham Road, Reach, Cambridge, CB25 0HZ (East Cambridgeshire District Council) was allowed on 14 June 2023 by Inspector Bond V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the building works were lawful as at the date of the LDC application.

Building works - installation of Cabrio Velux Rooflight to rear roof plane

Authority
East Cambridgeshire District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Bond V
Postcode
CB25 0HZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the building works were lawful as at the date of the LDC application

What decided it

The appeal development falls within the wide descriptor of Class C 'any other alteration to the roof of a dwellinghouse' under the GPDO and does not constitute an enlargement under Class B, therefore it constitutes permitted development.

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