GPDO

Enforcement: Sagging 'makeshift' extension harmful to conservation area

09.08.2019

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against a portico extension to a house in Luton with a 'significant sag' in its middle, finding its poor design at odds with the surrounding conservation area....

Planning professionals react to windowless flats appeal

16.07.2019

Matt Moody

Senior built environment figures have expressed outrage after a story by The Planner highlighted a recent appeal decision to approve windowless flats in Watford, with one calling for a Parliamentary debate on permitted development.

Enforcement: Online comments undermine motocross appeal

12.07.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against the use of a former quarry for unauthorised motocross racing and fishing, citing online comments contradicting the appellant’s case that the motocross use...

Appeal: Flats with no windows allowed under permitted development

10.07.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans to convert an industrial building in Watford into 15 bedsits, seven of which would have no windows, ruling that the scheme met the requirements of the GPDO.

Appeal: 10cm gap means extension is not permitted development

16.04.2019

Matt Moody

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

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