Planning appeal decision
Sandhills Farm Sandhills Green, Alvechurch, Birmingham, B48 7BT
Planning appeal 3352930 at Sandhills Farm Sandhills Green, Alvechurch, Birmingham, B48 7BT (Bromsgrove District Council) was allowed on 8 April 2025 by Inspector Catcheside E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be granted planning permission by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the GPDO.
a side/rear single storey extension maximum height above highest point of original ground level adjacent to the extension of 3950mm and being 6000mm wide which is less than half the width of the original dwelling house and extending to the rear beyond but not attached to the original rear wall of the dwelling house by 7950mm
- Authority
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Catcheside E
- Postcode
- B48 7BT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be granted planning permission by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the GPDO
What decided it
The proposed extension complies with all limitations in Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the GPDO, including the technical guidance permitting side extensions that extend beyond but are not attached to rear walls, and no adjoining objections were received.
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