Planning appeal decision
1 Periwinkle Lane, Dunstable, LU6 3NP
Planning appeal 3305621 at 1 Periwinkle Lane, Dunstable, LU6 3NP (Central Bedfordshire) was allowed on 27 April 2023 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed garage is genuinely and reasonably required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as permitted development under Class E of Schedule 2 Part 1 of the GPDO 2015.
Construction of a garage within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Braithwaite J
- Postcode
- LU6 3NP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed garage is genuinely and reasonably required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as permitted development under Class E of Schedule 2 Part 1 of the GPDO 2015
What decided it
The appellant's genuine and documented interest in motor vehicles and the reasonableness of requiring the garage to accommodate three additional cars inside the curtilage, combined with the garage's design and siting, satisfied the test of being genuinely and reasonably required for a purpose incidental to the dwellinghouse.
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