Planning appeal decision
32 Northfold Road, Leicester, LE2 3YG
Planning appeal 3309222 at 32 Northfold Road, Leicester, LE2 3YG (Leicester City Council) was dismissed on 27 July 2023 by Inspector Taylor K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the proposal would have been permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
Installation of two rooflights at front; dormer at side and rear of house; hipped to gable roof extension with box dormer and roof lights
- Authority
- Leicester City Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Taylor K
- Postcode
- LE2 3YG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the proposal would have been permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the side-facing window would comply with the mandatory conditions in paragraph B.2(c) of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class B of the GPDO requiring obscure glazing and non-opening specification.
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