®Planning appeal decision
Notice varied and upheld20 May 20223259186
Land situate at The Office, 1B Regency Mount, Barn End Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7EY
a change of use from C2 to C3 to provide a single person residential unit
- Authority
- Dartford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Peerless K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether there has been a breach of planning control
- Whether the breach is immune from enforcement action through the passage of time
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of current and future occupants
What decided it
The unit fails to meet the minimum space standards of 37 square metres required by Policy CS17 and DP8 and the Nationally Described Space Standards, providing only 18-19 square metres, which is unsuitable for permanent occupation as a self-contained residential unit.
Plan policies cited: Policy CS17 of the adopted Dartford Core Strategy 2011, Policy DP8 of the adopted Dartford Development Policies Plan 2017
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.