®Planning appeal decision
40 Hazel Grove, Golborne, Warrington, WA3 3LX
Planning appeal 3333554 at 40 Hazel Grove, Golborne, Warrington, WA3 3LX (Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 30 May 2024 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the erection of a playhouse with an elevated platform constitutes a breach of planning control.
the erection of a playhouse with an elevated platform on the Land
- Authority
- Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- WA3 3LX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the erection of a playhouse with an elevated platform constitutes a breach of planning control
What decided it
The playhouse is a moveable chattel incidental to the use of the dwellinghouse and does not constitute development as defined by section 55(2)(d) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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