®Planning appeal decision
101 St. Denys Road, Southampton, SO17 2FS
Planning appeal 3345380 at 101 St. Denys Road, Southampton, SO17 2FS (Southampton City Council) was dismissed on 21 August 2025 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness is well founded.
Use of first floor as 2 flats
- Authority
- Southampton City Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hocking P
- Postcode
- SO17 2FS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness is well founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the first floor conversion to 2 flats was lawful under Class G of the permitted development order, as the single building operation resulted in 3 residential flats with no retained mixed use.
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