®Planning appeal decision
Allowed12 June 20263375573
Stonehouse, Broomehall Road, Coldharbour, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6HF
the creation of a basement
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hand S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the creation of a basement is permitted development under Class A of Part 1 of the GPDO
- Whether the erection of a single storey outbuilding dug into the hillside is permitted development under Class E of Part 1 of the GPDO
- Whether the engineering works involved in the excavations become an activity different in character from that normally associated with the permitted development
What decided it
The engineering works involved in both the basement and the garden building, whilst substantial, remained integral to and of the same character as the permitted development itself, and did not cross the threshold established in Eatherley into a separate activity of different character.
Judgments cited: Eatherley v Camden LBC & James Ireland JPL 2017; Parkes v SSE and Another, CoA [1978]
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