GPDO

Appeal: 10cm gap means extension is not permitted development

16.04.2019

extension | GPDO | permitted development | Planning Law | South East

Plans for a rear extension were not covered by permitted development rights, an inspector has ruled, because a part of the original home’s rear elevation was set back by just 10 centimetres.

Enforcement: Back-garden cricket practice cage deemed a building

04.04.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against a back-garden cricket practice facility in Warrington comprising six posts and some netting, ruling that it constituted a building and therefore required...

Appeals round-up: Pub with dance floor ‘not a restaurant’; Council must pay costs for misinterpreting GPDO

15.02.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 9 February-15 February, 2019

Appeal: ‘Unfortunate timing’ of article 4 direction prevents restaurant scheme

15.02.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has upheld a council’s decision to refuse prior approval for the conversion of a phone shop in Leyton into a restaurant, citing an article 4 direction that came into force after the application...

Enforcement: Council must pay costs for misinterpreting GPDO

12.02.2019

Matt Moody

Colchester Borough Council has been ordered to pay costs for pursuing enforcement action against two shipping containers that were found to be permitted development.

Appeals round-up: Three-home scheme would affect nuclear incident plans; 180 days of holiday letting harmful to housing supply

08.02.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 2 February-8 February, 2019

Foxearth, Essex / Robert Edwards (Geograph): 271105

Appeal: Residential conversion of WW2 ‘pillbox’ not covered by GPDO

08.02.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans to convert a fortified defensive structure in the Essex countryside into a home under permitted development rules, because he was not persuaded that it was in agricultural use...

Appeals round-up: Housing scheme’s layout would not create ‘self-contained ghettos’; HMOs have led to ‘negative perceptions’ of Pontypridd student area

18.01.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 12 January-18 January, 2019

Appeal: Residential conversion of offices could cause ‘indiscriminate’ parking

15.01.2019

Matt Moody

Plans to convert an office block in Beckenham town centre into flats under permitted development rules could lead to ‘indiscriminate street parking’, an inspector has ruled.

Enforcement: Notice upheld against collapsed building

23.11.2018

Matt Moody

Cymru | enforcement notice | GPDO | Leisure & Tourism | Planning Law

An inspector has upheld an enforcement notice ordering the removal of a garage near Swansea that collapsed while being converted to a holiday let, after the council ruled that continuing the works would...

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