Planning appeal decision
46b Merley Lane, Wimborne, BH21 1RY
Planning appeal 3314163 at 46b Merley Lane, Wimborne, BH21 1RY (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was dismissed on 6 September 2023 by Inspector Shields T, 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, turning on whether the proposed building benefits from planning permission for buildings incidental to the enjoyment of a dwellinghouse under Article 3 and Schedule 2, Part 2, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
a proposed garden room
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Shields T
- Postcode
- BH21 1RY
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, turning on whether the proposed building benefits from planning permission for buildings incidental to the enjoyment of a dwellinghouse under Article 3 and Schedule 2, Part 2, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015
What decided it
The proposed garden room would be situated on land forward of the wall forming the principal elevation of the original dwellinghouse, contrary to the limitation at E.1(c) of Class E of the General Permitted Development Order 2015.
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