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Allowed6 May 20263368811

35 Moor Lane, Woodford, Stockport, SK7 1PW

Planning appeal 3368811 at 35 Moor Lane, Woodford, Stockport, SK7 1PW (Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 6 May 2026 by Inspector McGlone A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application was well founded, turning on whether the appellant can show on the balance of probability that the proposed garden room would accord with Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 and does not require planning permission.

a proposed garden room comprising a home gym, games room, and storage area

Authority
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
McGlone A
Postcode
SK7 1PW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application was well founded, turning on whether the appellant can show on the balance of probability that the proposed garden room would accord with Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 and does not require planning permission

What decided it

The land has been owned and used as a single entity forming part and parcel of the domestic garden curtilage of No 35 since 1934, and therefore the proposed garden room falls within Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the GPDO as permitted development.

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