Planning appeal decision
100 Guildford Road, Southport, PR8 4JZ
Planning appeal 3349873 at 100 Guildford Road, Southport, PR8 4JZ (Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 February 2026 by Inspector Ollerenshaw M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- PR8 4JZ
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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