Planning appeal decision
17 Church Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3PS
Planning appeal 3349773 at 17 Church Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3PS (Dorset) was dismissed on 24 November 2025 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed garden room/artist studio constitutes permitted development under Class E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015.
Replace the greenhouse in the back garden with a wooden garden room/artist studio
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Braithwaite J
- Postcode
- DT6 3PS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed garden room/artist studio constitutes permitted development under Class E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015
What decided it
The proposed garden room/artist studio would be erected within the curtilage of a listed building, which excludes it from permitted development under Class E of the GPDO.
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