14 BANK CLOSE, LUTON, Bedfordshire, LU4 9NX

he erection of a rear side boundary wall of different levels in height which increases in height towards the rear of the garden with the highest section of brick wall in excess of 2 metres on the land

Authority: Luton Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Braithwaite J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the rear side boundary wall benefits from planning permission or is development permitted under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015

What decided it

The height of the boundary wall should be measured from the highest ground level immediately adjacent to the wall (the Appellant's garden level), and when so measured, the wall does not exceed 2 metres and therefore constitutes permitted development under Class A of Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the GPDO.

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