®Planning appeal decision
Land Situate at The Office, 1B Regency Mount, Barn End Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7EY
Planning appeal 3259186 at Land Situate at The Office, 1B Regency Mount, Barn End Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7EY (Dartford Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 20 May 2022 by Inspector Peerless K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether there has been a breach of planning control.
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS17 of the adopted Dartford Core Strategy 2011Policy DP8 of the adopted Dartford Development Policies Plan 2017
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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