25B Holbrook Lane, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6PE

‘Proposed certificate of lawfulness for the construction of a single storey rear extension to the main dwellinghouse and the construction of an outdoor pool and single storey detached outbuilding within the rear garden of the dwellinghouse.’

Authority: London Borough of Bromley
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Hawkins S

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 planning permission is granted by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A and Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

What decided it

The outbuilding and its constituent uses (home gym, home office, wellness area, garden store and plant room) were genuinely and reasonably required for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling and were not of excessive size, satisfying the requirements of Class E of the GPDO.

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