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Dismissed29 September 20253321722

The Emblems, Mountnessing Lane, Doddinghurst, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 0SP

Planning appeal 3321722 at The Emblems, Mountnessing Lane, Doddinghurst, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 0SP (Brentwood Borough Council) was dismissed on 29 September 2025 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the proposed construction of an enclosed swimming pool would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 and would therefore be lawful.

Demolition of existing swimming pool and plant house, and construction of an enclosed swimming pool

Authority
Brentwood Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Ghafoor A
Postcode
CM15 0SP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the proposed construction of an enclosed swimming pool would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 and would therefore be lawful

What decided it

The land on which the development was proposed does not form part of the curtilage of the existing building as it lacks the intimate association and physical proximity required, and therefore fails the basic criteria of Class E to the GPDO.

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