Honeywood House , Horsham Road, Rowhook, HORSHAM, RH12 3QD

described as an application to confirm that repair works to ‘Grooms Cottage’ (3 The Stables), 2 The Stables and ‘Stable Cottage’ (1 The Stables) would be permitted development under GPDO Class A involving ‘materials used in any exterior work of a similar appearance to those used in the construction of the exterior of the existing dwellinghouse’ or not development requiring planning permission i.e. the carrying out for the maintenance, improvement or other alteration of any building of works which (i) affect only the interior of the building, or (ii) do not materially affect the external appearance of the building to reinstate residential accommodation. Formal

Authority: Horsham District Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Naylor R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the decision of Horsham District Council to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate was well founded

What decided it

The proposed works would not materially affect the external appearance of the building as a whole, and the residential use had not been abandoned, therefore the works do not constitute development requiring planning permission.

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