Planning appeal decision
2 Nightingale Road, West Molesey, Surrey, KT8 2PQ
Planning appeal 3321779 at 2 Nightingale Road, West Molesey, Surrey, KT8 2PQ (Elmbridge Borough Council) was allowed on 16 July 2025 by Inspector White P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse in part to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded.
extension to existing loft extension. Garden room to rear of property
- Authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- White P
- Postcode
- KT8 2PQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse in part to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded
What decided it
The Technical Guidance interpretation that outriggers are 'rear extensions' for the purposes of the exemptions in B.2.(b) of the GPDO, meaning the restrictive eaves and wall conditions do not apply to the proposed dormer extension joining the original roof to the outrigger roof.
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