Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court violated municipal autonomy by finding the hof garden wall incompatible with § 238 PBG.
Extracted holding
No. The appellate court could hold that the communal building authority's aesthetics assessment was not defensible; municipal autonomy was not breached.
Extracted reasoning
The wall and southern enclosure created the impression of a building extension and a closed inner courtyard rather than a natural garden; the cantonal court did not substitute its discretion unlawfully.