Planning appeal decision
109 St. Leonards Road, London, SW14 7BL
Planning appeal 3338586 at 109 St. Leonards Road, London, SW14 7BL (Richmond Upon Thames London Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 25 July 2024 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged constitute a breach of planning control, specifically whether the timber fence is permitted development under Class A of Schedule 2 Part 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
without planning permission and within the last four years the unauthorised erection of a closed boarded timber fence projecting above the existing front garden wall to a total height of 1.9m (“the Timber Fence”)
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- SW14 7BL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged constitute a breach of planning control, specifically whether the timber fence is permitted development under Class A of Schedule 2 Part 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
What decided it
The works constitute replacement of the fence rather than maintenance, improvement or alteration, and therefore do not fall within permitted development rights under Class A of the General Permitted Development Order.
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