Planning appeal decision
Seven Oaks Hough Lane, Alderley Edge, Cheshire East, SK9 7JE
Planning appeal 3374247 at Seven Oaks Hough Lane, Alderley Edge, Cheshire East, SK9 7JE (Cheshire East) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 18 February 2026 by Inspector Pleasant L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development was well founded.
the construction of a replacement detached garage with store and formation of an associated area of hardstanding
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Pleasant L
- Postcode
- SK9 7JE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development was well founded
What decided it
The northern garden area where the garage/store would be sited lacks the intimate association with the dwellinghouse required for curtilage, being remote, physically separated by mature planting and banking, and having separate vehicular access, whereas the hardstanding falls within curtilage and can serve the existing garage.
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