Planning appeal decision
Woodside, Cove Road, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 2RR
Planning appeal 3348509 at Woodside, Cove Road, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 2RR (Hart District Council) was allowed on 16 December 2024 by Inspector Cuthbert L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition, specifically the removal of the provisions of Class E, is reasonable or necessary in the interests of the character and appearance of the area and the living conditions of neighbouring occupants.
Construction of a detached three bedroom dwelling with associated parking, access and garden
- Authority
- Hart District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cuthbert L
- Postcode
- GU51 2RR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the condition, specifically the removal of the provisions of Class E, is reasonable or necessary in the interests of the character and appearance of the area and the living conditions of neighbouring occupants
What decided it
The limitations and conditions within Class E of the GPDO are sufficient to protect character and appearance and neighbouring living conditions, and the Council failed to demonstrate exceptional circumstances justifying the removal of these permitted development rights.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy NBE9 of the Hart Local Plan (Strategy and Sites) 2032Saved Policy GEN1 of the Hart District Local Plan 1996-2006Policy 10 of the Fleet Neighbourhood Plan 2019-2032
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 135
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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