Planning appeal decision
The Limes, Ranelagh Drive, Bracknell, RG12 9DA
Planning appeal 3257560 at The Limes, Ranelagh Drive, Bracknell, RG12 9DA (Bracknell Forest Borough Council) was allowed on 22 June 2021 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the land has been in use as residential garden space for the ten year period prior to the date of the application and is therefore immune from enforcement action against that use.
Use of land as residential garden space
- Authority
- Bracknell Forest Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Braithwaite J
- Postcode
- RG12 9DA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the land has been in use as residential garden space for the ten year period prior to the date of the application and is therefore immune from enforcement action against that use
What decided it
The land has been in use as residential garden space for the ten year period prior to the application date and is not amenity land, therefore the use is lawful and immune from enforcement action.
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