105 Lonsdale Road, Oxford, OX2 7ET

Planning appeal 3339113 at 105 Lonsdale Road, Oxford, OX2 7ET (Oxford City Council) was dismissed on 17 January 2025 by Inspector Preston C, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is whether the Council's decision to refuse the application was well-founded based on relevant facts and judicial authority.

described in the application form as: The erection of a new single storey outbuilding in the rear garden of the existing property. The addition of a new paved path from the house to the proposed outbuilding and a sunken paved patio on the south west garden side of the outbuilding

Authority: Oxford City Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Preston C
Postcode: OX2 7ET

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The main issue is whether the Council's decision to refuse the application was well-founded based on relevant facts and judicial authority.
The main issue in dispute is whether the proposal would amount to permitted development under the terms of Class E, Part 1, of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (the GPDO).

What decided it

The evidence on the intended use of the summer room and home office/gym showed the building would function as an extension of the primary living accommodation rather than being required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse, taking it outside Class E permitted development rights.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Emin v SSE & Mid Sussex DC [1989] JPL 909; Peche D'Or Investments v SSE[1996] JPL 311

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