Planning appeal decision
Greengables, Ricketts Hill Road, Tatsfield, Westerham, TN16 2NB
Planning appeal 3235886 at Greengables, Ricketts Hill Road, Tatsfield, Westerham, TN16 2NB (Tandridge District Council) was dismissed on 25 June 2021 by Inspector Freer P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development was well-founded.
Use of ground floor annex for bed and breakfast accommodation
- Authority
- Tandridge District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Freer P
- Postcode
- TN16 2NB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development was well-founded
What decided it
The unrestricted use of the annex for bed and breakfast accommodation would result in a notably transient pattern of occupancy with frequent turnover of occupants and associated activity, constituting a material change of use of the planning unit as a whole and therefore requiring planning permission.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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