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Allowed10 April 20263372259

40A Conygre Grove, Filton, South Gloucestershire , BS34 7DP

Planning appeal 3372259 at 40A Conygre Grove, Filton, South Gloucestershire , BS34 7DP (South Gloucestershire Council) was allowed on 10 April 2026 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use applied for would be lawful for planning purposes, depending firstly on whether planning permission was granted to erect the outbuilding by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the GPDO, and secondly whether the proposal falls within the definition of development in s55(1) of the Act.

‘change of storage to rear garden of existing 5-bedroom HMO to provide a sixth bedroom to the current C4 use. All facilities within the existing property to be utilised by sixth bedroom.’

Authority
South Gloucestershire Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Hawkins S
Postcode
BS34 7DP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the use applied for would be lawful for planning purposes, depending firstly on whether planning permission was granted to erect the outbuilding by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the GPDO, and secondly whether the proposal falls within the definition of development in s55(1) of the Act

What decided it

The outbuilding was genuinely erected in compliance with Class E permitted development rights for incidental purposes, and converting part of it to an extra bedroom would not involve a material change of use but would remain ancillary to the primary HMO use.

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