Planning appeal decision
4A Elmstead Road, Poole, BH13 7EZ
Planning appeal 3331337 at 4A Elmstead Road, Poole, BH13 7EZ (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was dismissed on 16 August 2024 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development for the front boundary treatment and sliding gate was well-founded, turning on whether planning permission was granted by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 2, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
‘retention of boundary treatment and sliding gate positioned on the front boundary of the site.’
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- BH13 7EZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development for the front boundary treatment and sliding gate was well-founded, turning on whether planning permission was granted by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 2, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
What decided it
The available evidence demonstrates that the fence and gate are taller than the pre-existing front boundary treatment and constitute substantial replacement rather than maintenance or alteration, exceeding the limits of what is permitted by the GPDO.
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