100 Guildford Road, SOUTHPORT, PR8 4JZ

without planning permission, the erection of a shed within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse which is not used for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse in the approximate position shown cross-hatched on the attached plan 2

Authority: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other minor developments
Inspector: Ollerenshaw M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the shed constituted permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, specifically whether it was required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse

What decided it

The shed was not genuinely and reasonably required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling when erected, as evidenced by its positioning and design which indicated it was intended to block neighbouring views rather than serve a domestic incidental purpose.

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