The neighbours might not have thought much of this one (DCS Number 400-022-191) but it gives us an idea how far built development can vary from the approved plans before being deemed unauthorised.
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Still no
In It ain’t necessarily so we reported an appeal case in which a certificate of lawfulness was issued for a mobile home within a residential curtilage despite the council’s concern that it could be used as a separate unit of accommodation. What if a mobile home were to be built and assembled on site? Surely then it would need planning permission? Still no.
It ain’t necessarily so
Curtilage caravans which provide all the requirements for independent occupation must require planning permission, right? Not necessarily. Proving the case, an inspector has issued a certificate of lawfulness for the siting of a three-bedroom mobile home within the garden of a house in Essex (DCS Number 400-021-680).
Skid lids and lattes
A group of bikers might not be the first image that comes to mind when thinking of the British countryside, but an inspector has allowed a motorcycle café in rural Lincolnshire, pointing out that motorcycling is an activity which can contribute to the rural economy (DCS Number 400-021-913).
Shape shifting
In the green belt openness and visual amenity used to be discrete things but it looks like they have merged into one another. For the record, an inspector dealing with an appeal against the refusal of permission for a single dwelling in the green belt in Hertfordshire has set out the relevant court cases (DCS Number 200-008-480).
High on the hog
They live high on the hog in Essex. Because there, a restaurant is reckoned to be a community facility.
In this case (DCS Number 400-022-010) the change of use of a restaurant to two residential units was rejected at appeal because it “…would have a harmful impact on the ability of the community to meet its day to day needs.”
Substantially completed
Section 171B(1) of the 1990 Act sets out that where there has been a breach of planning control consisting of the carrying out without planning permission of building operations, no enforcement action may be taken after the end of the period of four years beginning with the date on which the operations were substantially completed.
Barn conversion update
A barn conversion near Leeds has been allowed under Class Q, Part 3, Schedule 2 to the GPDO after a council relied on out-of-date text from Planning Practice Guidance (DCS Number 400-021-808).
Making assumptions
Assume: To make an ass out of u and me.
The DCP Blog was a little perturbed to find the following in a recent appeal decision relating to the refusal of planning permission for five houses in Buckinghamshire (DCS Number 400-021-979).
Electric avenue
Although the inspector in this case (DCS Number 400-021-871) was unconvinced, we thought that the idea of promoting the use of electric cars to address concerns about vehicle noise was rather innovative.