The Sleeping Bear, 4 Government House Road, YORK, YO30 6LU

for 1 metre tall timber gates running roughly the width of the drive at 3.3 metres

Authority: City of York Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Franks Z

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the gate would be located on adopted highway and enclose land including the appellant's garden and the highway access to the garage/outbuilding which is part of No.5

What decided it

The proposed gates fall within the permitted development parameters of Schedule 2, Part 2, Class A of the GPDO 2015 and do not create a danger to highway users, therefore the certificate of lawful use should be granted for the operational development alone.

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