Planning appeal decision
42 Bury Green Road, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN7 5AA
Planning appeal 3369160 at 42 Bury Green Road, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN7 5AA (Broxbourne Borough Council) was dismissed on 2 June 2026 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application for a lawful development certificate was well founded.
Erection of a flat roof outbuilding to the rear garden, ancillary use to the main dwelling
- Authority
- Broxbourne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
- Postcode
- EN7 5AA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application for a lawful development certificate was well founded
What decided it
The outbuilding included a kitchenette (small kitchen) which is a normal residential use expressly excluded from purposes incidental to a dwellinghouse under GPDO Class E guidance.
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