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517 Whalebone Lane North, Romford, London, RM6 5QX
Planning appeal 3332712 at 517 Whalebone Lane North, Romford, London, RM6 5QX (London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council) was dismissed on 3 March 2025 by Inspector Satheesan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant the certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, specifically whether the outbuilding is granted planning permission by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended.
a “Proposed outbuilding in the rear garden to form a gymnasium
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Satheesan R
- Postcode
- RM6 5QX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to grant the certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, specifically whether the outbuilding is granted planning permission by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended
What decided it
The outbuilding's large footprint, similar in size to the original dwellinghouse, is not genuinely and reasonably required to accommodate a gymnasium use and therefore fails to qualify as incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse under Class E of the GPDO.
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