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Allowed6 June 20233308789

66 Sharfleet Drive, Strood, Rochester, Medway, ME2 2TY

Planning appeal 3308789 at 66 Sharfleet Drive, Strood, Rochester, Medway, ME2 2TY (Medway Council) was allowed on 6 June 2023 by Inspector Satheesan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant the LDC was well founded, specifically whether the garden room is granted planning permission by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended (GPDO).

described as a “Garden room incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse

Authority
Medway Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Satheesan R
Postcode
ME2 2TY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's refusal to grant the LDC was well founded, specifically whether the garden room is granted planning permission by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended (GPDO)

What decided it

The decking does not exceed 0.3m in height when measured from the highest part of the surface of the ground adjacent to it, as required by Article 2(2) of the GPDO, and therefore constitutes permitted development under Class E.

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