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Notice upheld5 February 20253347989

The Birches, 38B Grange Road, Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 3BD

Planning appeal 3347989 at The Birches, 38B Grange Road, Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 3BD (Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 5 February 2025 by Inspector Pleasant L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control.

Without the benefit of planning permission the installation of an air conditioning unit to the side elevation of the property

Authority
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
utilities-energy · Householder developments
Inspector
Pleasant L
Postcode
SK7 3BD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control

What decided it

The air conditioning unit cools as well as heats air, conflicting with Condition G.3(a) of Class G, Part 14 of the GPDO which requires air source heat pumps to be used solely for heating purposes, and the unit does not qualify as a microgeneration heat pump under the Energy Act 2004.

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