®Planning appeal decision
146 High Street, Langley, Slough, SL3 8LF
(i) Without planning permission, the material change of use of the land from use as a single dwellinghouse to use as nine self-contained flats (“unauthorised use”). (ii) Without planning permission, the erection on the land of a single storey side extension shown edged green on an attached plan and an attached front timber structure on the front elevation shown edged yellow on an attached plan (“unauthorised works”)
- Authority
- Slough Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)
- Whether the requirements of the notice are excessive (ground f)
- Whether the time specified for compliance is reasonable (ground g)
What decided it
The side extension as built materially exceeded the size limitations of GPDO Class A (being more than half the width of the original dwellinghouse), and no express planning permission was granted, therefore it constituted a breach of planning control that the enforcement notice properly required to be remedied.
The balance struck was between remedying the planning breach as soon as practicable and allowing the appellant and tenants a reasonable period to comply, taking into account COVID-19 related circumstances and the practical steps required to cease the unauthorised use and carry out remedial works.
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