Planning appeal decision
Orchard House, Water Lane, Little Bookham, Leatherhead, KT23 3QH
Planning appeal 3348659 at Orchard House, Water Lane, Little Bookham, Leatherhead, KT23 3QH (Mole Valley District Council) was dismissed on 6 February 2026 by Inspector Naylor R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the decision of Mole Valley District Council to refuse to grant the LDC for a proposed 4 No. bay carport was well-founded, and whether the proposed development would be permitted development under Article 3 and Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended.
a proposed 4 No. bay carport. Formal
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Naylor R
- Postcode
- KT23 3QH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the decision of Mole Valley District Council to refuse to grant the LDC for a proposed 4 No. bay carport was well-founded, and whether the proposed development would be permitted development under Article 3 and Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended
What decided it
The proposed carport would be situated forward of the wall forming the principal elevation of the original dwellinghouse, thereby failing to comply with the permitted development criteria in Schedule 2 Part 1 Class E.1(c) of the GPDO.
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