Planning appeal decision
131 Ashwood Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 2QD
Planning appeal 3264182 at 131 Ashwood Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 2QD (Hertsmere Borough Council) was dismissed on 20 July 2022 by Inspector Dyer S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the Council's decision to refuse the application was well-founded.
described as ‘habitable self-contained garden house’
- Authority
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Dyer S
- Postcode
- EN6 2QD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the Council's decision to refuse the application was well-founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence that the cabin had been used as a habitable self-contained dwelling continuously for four years, as required by section 171B(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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