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Notice upheld22 May 20243330171

Lower Tunstead Farm, Tunstead Lane, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7NT

Planning appeal 3330171 at Lower Tunstead Farm, Tunstead Lane, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7NT (Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 May 2024 by Inspector Taylor K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the erection of a raised wooden platform with a height greater than 0.3 metres partly outside the dwellinghouse curtilage occurred as a matter of fact.

the erection partly within the dwellinghouse curtilage of Lower Tunstead Farm, Tunstead Land, Greenfield and partly adjacent to public footpath 238 Saddleworth of a raised wooden platform that does not constitute permitted development pursuant to Class E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (“the 2015 Order” by virtue of paragraph E.1(h) of Class E as it is a raised platform with a height greater than 0.3 metres

Authority
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Other minor developments
Inspector
Taylor K
Postcode
OL3 7NT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the erection of a raised wooden platform with a height greater than 0.3 metres partly outside the dwellinghouse curtilage occurred as a matter of fact
  • Whether the alleged breach of planning control constitutes a breach of planning control

What decided it

The raised wooden platform was partly situated outside the established curtilage of the dwellinghouse and, as a Grade II listed building, development within the curtilage is not permitted under the GPDO.

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