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Planning permission granted16 June 20213261785

Rayns Island, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7NL

Planning appeal 3261785 at Rayns Island, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7NL (Charnwood Borough Council) was allowed on 16 June 2021 by Inspector Madge M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effects of flooding.

without planning permission the change of use of the Land to residential use and the erection of buildings and structures associated with the residential use

Authority
Charnwood Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Madge M
Postcode
LE7 7NL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effects of flooding
  • The effects on the Local Wildlife Site
  • The effects on character and appearance

What decided it

The finding that the previous owners' residential use of the brick building had achieved four-year immunity from enforcement and had not been abandoned in the interim.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS16CS13CS2CS11EV1CT2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 164
Judgments
Gravesham BC v Secretary of State for the Environment (1982) 47 P & CR 142; Thurrock BC v SSETR & Holding [2002] EWCA Civ 226; Swale BC v FSS & Lee [2005] EWCA Civ 1568; Panton and Farmer v SSETR & Vale of White Horse DC [1999] JPL461; Hartley v MHLG [1970] 1 QB 413; The Trustees of Castell-y-Mynach Estate v Taff-Ely BC [1985] JPL 40; Hughes v SSETR & South Holland DC [2000] JPL 826

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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