Planning appeal decision
3 Claremont Park Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9LT
Planning appeal 3321878 at 3 Claremont Park Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9LT (Elmbridge Borough Council) was dismissed on 20 August 2024 by Inspector Whalley J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the erection of entrance gates and piers to a height of 2.0m constitutes permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 2, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015, specifically whether Claremont Park Road is a highway for the purposes of the height restriction.
Erection of entrance gates and piers to a height of 2.0m
- Authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Whalley J
- Postcode
- KT10 9LT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the erection of entrance gates and piers to a height of 2.0m constitutes permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 2, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015, specifically whether Claremont Park Road is a highway for the purposes of the height restriction
What decided it
The Technical Guidance definition of highway for the purposes of the Order includes private ways, meaning the 1m height restriction applies to Claremont Park Road regardless of its private status, and the proposed 2.0m gates exceed this limit.
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