Planning appeal decision
Land and Buildings at Home Farm, Sandwich Road, Nonington, CT15 4HH
Planning appeal 3303838 at Land and Buildings at Home Farm, Sandwich Road, Nonington, CT15 4HH (Dover District Council) was dismissed on 30 January 2025 by Inspector Hand S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the erection of a porch constitutes permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
not permitted development. Simon Hand INSPECTOR 1 My emphasis 2 My emphasis
- Authority
- Dover District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hand S
- Postcode
- CT15 4HH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the erection of a porch constitutes permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015
What decided it
Porches fall specifically under Class D of Schedule 2 of the GPDO, which limits height to 3m, and the proposed porch at 4m exceeds this limit; it is not open to consider a porch as an extension under the more liberal Class A.
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