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Appeal 3290535

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Official decision document

The decision, section by section

8 sections

Read the development description and the Inspector’s text from the official decision PDF in source order. Source headings are retained where available. Personal and contact details are removed by an automated privacy filter; this is source material, not Rules for You analysis.

Section 01

Development description

demolition of existing extension and erection of single storey rear extension.

  1. Section 02

    Decision

    The appeal is dismissed.

  2. Section 03

    Appeal Procedure

    The site visit was undertaken by an Appeal Planning Officer whose recommendation is set out below and to which the Inspector has had regard before deciding the appeal.

  3. Section 04

    Preliminary Matters

    From the information supplied and what I observed at my site visit, an extension has already been built at the appeal property. From the evidence before me, the Council has refused planning permission to retain the single storey rear extension and another prior approval application has also been refused.

    Under Article 3(1) and Schedule 2 (Part 1, Class A) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (the GPDO), planning permission is granted for the enlargement of a dwellinghouse subject to limitations and conditions.

    Where an application is made for prior approval for development which exceeds the limits in paragraph A.1(f) but is allowed by paragraph A.1(g) to Part 1, paragraph A.4(3) sets out that the local planning authority may refuse the application where it considers that the proposed development does not comply with the conditions, limitations or restrictions that are applicable to such permitted development.

  4. Section 05

    Main Issue

    The main issue is whether the proposal would be permitted development.

  5. Section 06

    Reasons for the Recommendation

    The host property is a detached single storey dwelling with an existing single storey rear extension. It is apparent from the information before me, that the single storey extension which has been recently built at the property does not benefit from planning permission, either by the granting of express planning permission or as a result of the provisions of the GPDO.

    In order to benefit from the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the GPDO, the proposal before me must also comply with Article 3 paragraph 5 which states that the permission granted by Schedule 2 does not apply if the building operations involved in the construction of that building are unlawful.

    In this case the existing extension is unlawful and therefore the dwelling does not benefit from permitted development rights as set out in the GPDO.

    I acknowledge that the proposal explicitly includes the demolition of the unauthorised extension. However, at the time of this appeal decision, there would be no permitted development rights and therefore it is not possible to grant prior approval for the extension works at this time.

    In short, the development cannot benefit from the permitted development rights given by Class A and therefore planning permission is required for the proposal. Given this, it is not necessary for me to consider the matters of prior approval.

  6. Section 07

    Conclusion and Recommendation

    For the reasons given above I recommend that the appeal should be dismissed.

  7. Section 08

    Inspector’s Decision

    I have considered all the submitted evidence and the Appeal Planning Officer’s report and agree that the appeal should be dismissed.

Planning inspector and document dates

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  • Appeal Decision

    Extracted inspector · page 1
    Inspector attribution ID 2894No official casework-database value to compare
    Extracted decision date · page 1
    11 November 2022Matches the official casework database
    Extracted site visit dates
    6 September 2022 (page 1)

Reference and authority

Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.

Case reference
3290535
Application reference
21/02114/GPDE
Lead case reference
Not recorded
Planning authority
Southend-on-Sea City Council
Planning authority code
E06000033

Casework details

The casework, procedure, development and linking details supplied by the official record.

Casework type
Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development type
Householder developments
Appeal type reason
3. Refused prior approval of permitted development rights
Appeal reason
Refusal
Type detail
Planning Appeals - Full
Jurisdiction
Transferred
Link status
Not Linked

Site and development

Published appeal-site measurements and planning designations, without the withheld precise location fields.

Site area
Not recorded
Floor space
Not recorded
Number of residences
0
Site in Green Belt
No
Agricultural holding
No
Affects setting of a listed building
Not recorded
Historic building grant made
Not recorded
Relates to a conservation area
Not recorded
Flooding is an issue
Not recorded
Site within an AONB
Not recorded
Site within an SSSI
Not recorded

Decision and dates

The published outcome and every imported case date.

Official decision
Dismissed
Decision category
Dismissed
Received date
11 January 2022
Valid date
11 January 2022
Start date
23 March 2022
Planning authority decision date
16 November 2021
Appeal decision date
11 November 2022

Case administration

Published recovery, call-in, costs and enforcement information for this case.

Redetermined
No
Bespoke
No
Date recovered
Not recorded
Date not recovered or derecovered
Not recorded
Call-in date
Not recorded
Costs applied for
Not recorded
Enforcement grounds count
Not recorded
Enforcement grounds
Not recorded

Source and catalogue history

When this record appeared in the rolling official release and when the catalogue stored it.

Source
Planning Inspectorate casework database
Source data system
Horizon
Dataset status
Current release
Catalogue record ID
23377
First seen
20 August 2026 at 14:24
Last seen
20 August 2026 at 16:26
Removed from release
Not recorded
Record created
20 August 2026 at 14:24
Record updated
24 August 2026 at 16:21
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