Planning appeal decision
Dove View Marlpit Lane, Ellastone, Ashbourne, DE6 2GS
Planning appeal 3340005 at Dove View Marlpit Lane, Ellastone, Ashbourne, DE6 2GS (East Staffordshire Borough Council) was dismissed on 18 September 2024 by Inspector Whalley J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed detached garage and workshop would constitute permitted development under Part 1, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 as a building reasonably required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse.
Erection of a detached single storey garage and workshop (5.6m wide, 14m long, 78m² floor area) within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse, for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling
- Authority
- East Staffordshire Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Whalley J
- Postcode
- DE6 2GS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed detached garage and workshop would constitute permitted development under Part 1, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 as a building reasonably required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse
What decided it
The proposed garage/workshop building would be too large in relation to the house and garden area to be reasonably incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse under permitted development rights.
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