Planning appeal decision
Strathmore,, 37 The Droveway,, St.Margaret's Bay, CT15 6BZ
Planning appeal 3312371 at Strathmore,, 37 The Droveway,, St.Margaret's Bay, CT15 6BZ (Dover District Council) was dismissed on 10 November 2023 by Inspector Howell M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a Lawful Development Certificate was well-founded, turning on whether the wind turbine would have been lawful on the date of application, considering whether the proposal amounts to development permitted by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 14, Class H of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
Installation of a wind turbine to rear gable end
- Authority
- Dover District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- utilities-energy · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Howell M
- Postcode
- CT15 6BZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a Lawful Development Certificate was well-founded, turning on whether the wind turbine would have been lawful on the date of application, considering whether the proposal amounts to development permitted by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 14, Class H of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
What decided it
Strathmore shares a party wall with the neighbouring cottage and therefore does not meet the definition of a 'detached dwellinghouse' required by Class H of the General Permitted Development Order 2015.
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