Planning appeal decision
20 St Marks Road, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 7AQ
Planning appeal 3309723 at 20 St Marks Road, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 7AQ (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 27 October 2023 by Inspector Jones L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded.
formation of habitable rooms in roof space with rear dormer and front Velux rooflights
- Authority
- Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Jones L
- Postcode
- WS8 7AQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded
What decided it
The proposed development and the 2013 permission are separate discrete operations, so the proposed roof enlargement does not extend beyond the outside face of the original dwellinghouse's external wall and therefore qualifies as permitted development under Class B of the GPDO 2015.
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