The Bungalow, Newells Farm, Newells Lane, Stadhampton, Oxon, OX44 7XJ

prior approval application for enlargement of the existing dwelling house by the construction of an additional storey (Class AA)”

Authority: South Oxfordshire District Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Manley N

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the GPDO, with particular regard to the requirements of paragraph AA.1(h)
If the proposal is permitted development, whether prior approval should be granted, having particular regard to the effect of the development on the external appearance of the dwellinghouse

What decided it

The proposal complies with the floor to ceiling height limitation in paragraph AA.1(h) of the GPDO and would not result in harm to the external appearance of the dwellinghouse, thereby satisfying the requirements for prior approval.

Framework references: 135

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