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Allowed12 September 20243345068

37 Front Street, South Creake, Fakenham, NR21 9PF

Planning appeal 3345068 at 37 Front Street, South Creake, Fakenham, NR21 9PF (King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council) was allowed on 12 September 2024 by Inspector Madge M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use or development is well founded, turning on whether the works undertaken benefitted from deemed planning permission granted by the GPDO.

improvements and alterations to convert the former cart shed into a games room, including the infilling of the vehicle bays with bi-fold doors and a set of new windows and infill brick on the front (northeast) elevation, and a new door cut into the rear (southwest) elevation for access to the garden

Authority
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Madge M
Postcode
NR21 9PF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use or development is well founded, turning on whether the works undertaken benefitted from deemed planning permission granted by the GPDO

What decided it

The bi-fold doors and windows, together with the infill brickwork, comply with condition A.3(a) of the GPDO by having a similar visual appearance in terms of overall shape, colour and size of frames to those in the existing house, thereby benefitting from deemed planning permission.

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