Planning appeal decision
100 Portsmouth Road, Cobham, KT11 1HX
Planning appeal 3316515 at 100 Portsmouth Road, Cobham, KT11 1HX (Elmbridge Borough Council) was allowed on 27 November 2024 by Inspector Madge M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to issue a lawful development certificate is well founded.
proposed hip to gable roof extension incorporating rear L-shaped dormer and associated roof lights
- Authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Madge M
- Postcode
- KT11 1HX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to issue a lawful development certificate is well founded
What decided it
The technical guidance to the GPDO supports a purposive interpretation of Condition B.2(b) that treats original and non-original outriggers in the same way, allowing the exceptions to apply to the proposed L-shaped dormer linking two upper rear pitched roof planes.
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