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Allowed12 June 20233308393

28 Welman Way, Altrincham, WA15 8WD

Planning appeal 3308393 at 28 Welman Way, Altrincham, WA15 8WD (Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 12 June 2023 by Inspector Watson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the LDC was well founded, turning on whether the proposed conversion would have constituted development under S.55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and if so, whether that development would be permitted development under the Town and Country Planning General Permitted Development (England) Order 2015.

the conversion of garage into home office, including partial blocking up of garage door to make a window and creation of a new sideways facing window which faces onto private rear garden

Authority
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Watson S
Postcode
WA15 8WD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse the LDC was well founded, turning on whether the proposed conversion would have constituted development under S.55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and if so, whether that development would be permitted development under the Town and Country Planning General Permitted Development (England) Order 2015

What decided it

The garage is within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse, meaning the change of use to a home office is not development and the external alterations are permitted development.

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