Planning appeal decision
Lakeside Cottage Old Yarr Blaze Lane, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6QA
Planning appeal 3366312 at Lakeside Cottage Old Yarr Blaze Lane, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6QA (Redditch Borough Council) was allowed on 30 October 2025 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate was well-founded.
the erection of outbuilding
- Authority
- Redditch Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Walker A
- Postcode
- B96 6QA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate was well-founded
What decided it
The building satisfies both the requirement that it be genuinely and reasonably required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse and the condition that it is not within 2 metres of the curtilage boundary, thus constituting permitted development under Class E of the GPDO.
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