Planning appeal decision
166 Eltham Palace Road, Eltham, SE9 5LZ
Planning appeal 3336895 at 166 Eltham Palace Road, Eltham, SE9 5LZ (Royal Borough of Greenwich) was allowed on 24 April 2024 by Inspector Unwin N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed rear extension complies with the size limits set out in Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A.1 of the GPDO, specifically whether the enlarged part would extend beyond a wall forming a side elevation of the original dwellinghouse and would have a width greater than half the width of the original.
the erection of single storey rear extension 6.0m deep with pitched roof and Velux roof lights
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Unwin N
- Postcode
- SE9 5LZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed rear extension complies with the size limits set out in Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A.1 of the GPDO, specifically whether the enlarged part would extend beyond a wall forming a side elevation of the original dwellinghouse and would have a width greater than half the width of the original
What decided it
The proposed rear extension does not extend beyond the wall forming the side elevation (the front gable) as it relates to and projects from the linear rear elevation, thus complying with the GPDO size limitations.
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