Plot 2, Quarry Farm, , Cricklade Road,, South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5QE

Planning appeal 3223863 at Plot 2, Quarry Farm, , Cricklade Road,, South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5QE (Cotswold District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 16 September 2022 by Inspector Hand S, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, as alleged in the notice, a dwellinghouse was erected on the land, or whether a badminton court building was constructed and brought into use before a material change of use to a dwelling took place (ground (b)).

Enforcement appeals against notices alleging (Appeals A/B) the erection of a dwellinghouse without planning permission and (Appeals C/D) the change of use of agricultural land to residential curtilage and erection of an outbuilding at Pear Tree House

Authority: Cotswold District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Hand S
Postcode: GL7 5QE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether, as alleged in the notice, a dwellinghouse was erected on the land, or whether a badminton court building was constructed and brought into use before a material change of use to a dwelling took place (ground (b))
Whether planning permission should be granted for the change of use of agricultural land to residential land and the erection of the outbuilding at Pear Tree House

What decided it

The Inspector's factual finding, on the balance of probabilities, that a badminton court was built and used before being materially changed to a dwelling, meaning the enforcement notice's allegation of erecting a dwellinghouse was incorrect.

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