Appeal 3351124
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
7 sections
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Section 01
Development description
No verified development description has been extracted from an official decision PDF yet.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Application for costs
An application for costs has been made by [name] against Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. This is the subject of a separate decision.
Section 04
Preliminary Matters
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.
Section 05
Main Issue
The main issue is whether the development would be permitted under Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the GPDO.
Section 06
Reasons
Where an application is made for a determination as to whether prior approval is required 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(10) states that the development must not begin before the occurrence of one of the following – (a) the receipt by the developer from the local planning authority of a written notice that their prior approval is not required; (b) the receipt by the developer from the local planning authority of a written notice giving their prior approval; or (c) the expiry of 42 days following the date on which the information referred to in sub-paragraph (2) was received by the local planning authority without the local planning authority notifying the developer as to whether prior approval is given or refused.
Scenarios (a), (b) or (c) have not occurred. During my site visit, I observed that the development has been constructed as per the proposed elevation and ground floor plans shown on the application plans1. Consequently, the development does not comply with the condition set out within paragraph A.4(10) of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the GPDO.
Even if, the extension did not extend beyond a side elevation and the width of the extension did not exceed half the width of the original dwellinghouse, the extension would not be granted permission for the reasons given above. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to consider this matter further.
Dismissing the appeal could interfere with the appellant’s rights to peaceful enjoyment of their possessions, under Article 1 of the [name] of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA). However, this is a qualified right; interference with it, in this instance, would accord with the law, as outlined above. My findings are in accordance with Section 6 of the HRA, where it states that it is unlawful for a public authority to act in a way which is incompatible with a Convention right.
Overall, I conclude that the development would not be permitted under Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the GPDO.
Section 07
Conclusion
For the reasons given above the appeal should be dismissed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Costs Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 5389No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 2 May 2025Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 15 April 2025 (page 1)
Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 5389No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 2 May 2025Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 15 April 2025 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3351124
- Application reference
- RESX/24/00953
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E08000015
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
- 23 m²
- Number of residences
- 1
- 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
- 2 September 2024
- Valid date
- 5 September 2024
- Start date
- 3 October 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 12 August 2024
- Appeal decision date
- 2 May 2025
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
- Yes
- 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
- 68867
- First seen
- 20 August 2026 at 14:25
- Last seen
- 20 August 2026 at 16:28
- Removed from release
- Not recorded
- Record created
- 20 August 2026 at 14:25
- Record updated
- 24 August 2026 at 16:21