Planning appeal decision
4 Francis Street, Denton, Manchester, M34 7GF
Planning appeal 3344100 at 4 Francis Street, Denton, Manchester, M34 7GF (Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 14 August 2024 by Inspector Taylor K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the proposal would have been permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
small external porch
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Taylor K
- Postcode
- M34 7GF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the proposal would have been permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
What decided it
The proposed porch would be sited within 2 metres of the boundary of the curtilage and the highway, failing to comply with paragraph D.1(d) of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class D of the GPDO, and therefore would not constitute permitted development.
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