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Allowed24 March 20263375175

9 Whitfield Drive, Milnrow, Rochdale, OL16 4BP

Planning appeal 3375175 at 9 Whitfield Drive, Milnrow, Rochdale, OL16 4BP (Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 24 March 2026 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well-founded with particular regard to whether the conversion of the attached garage to additional living accommodation, including alterations to the front elevation, would constitute a breach of planning condition No. 03 of planning permission reference No. 93/D29415 if instigated or begun on the date of the LDC application.

the conversion of a garage to additional living accommodation including alterations to the front elevation

Authority
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Hartley D
Postcode
OL16 4BP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well-founded with particular regard to whether the conversion of the attached garage to additional living accommodation, including alterations to the front elevation, would constitute a breach of planning condition No. 03 of planning permission reference No. 93/D29415 if instigated or begun on the date of the LDC application

What decided it

The planning condition No. 03 of permission 93/D29415 relates only to the provision and maintenance of two car parking spaces, not to the use or conversion of garage space, and therefore the proposal would not constitute a breach of that condition.

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