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Allowed4 December 20233318545

33 Charmouth Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 4SE

Planning appeal 3318545 at 33 Charmouth Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 4SE (St Albans City Council) was allowed on 4 December 2023 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer window complies with condition (d)(ii) of Class B of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, specifically whether the increase in cubic content of the original roof space exceeds 50 cubic metres.

Hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer window, proposed rooflights, extended dropped kerb, replacement driveway and external works

Authority
St Albans City Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Braithwaite J
Postcode
AL1 4SE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer window complies with condition (d)(ii) of Class B of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, specifically whether the increase in cubic content of the original roof space exceeds 50 cubic metres

What decided it

The increase in cubic content of the original roof space, correctly calculated at 49.8 cubic metres when roof overhangs are properly excluded as minor roof details, does not exceed the 50 cubic metre limit imposed by Class B of the 2015 GPDO.

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