Cases - Larkin v Basildon District Council

Record details

Name

Larkin v Basildon District Council

Date

[1980]; (1980)

Citation

2 EGLR 147; 256 EG 389

Legislation

Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1977

Keywords

Planning control

Summary

The appellant constructed 2 new external walls to a bungalow. He then sought to build the other 2 walls thereby obtaining a rebuilding of the house without having to comply with the height and size limits imposed on improvements to dwellinghouses under the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1977. None of the original external walls remained. Part of the floor, the roof and some internal supporting walls remained. The Divisional Court upheld the Secretary of State's decision that the works amounted to the construction of a new dwelling rather than the improvement of the existing one.