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Notice upheld16 August 20213264591

Pondwood Farm, Pondwood Lane, White Waltham, Maidenhead, SL6 3SS

Planning appeal 3264591 at Pondwood Farm, Pondwood Lane, White Waltham, Maidenhead, SL6 3SS (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was dismissed on 16 August 2021 by Inspector Hand S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred.

Without planning permission, the erection of an outbuilding for separate residential use (in the approximate position as hatched in green on the attached plan)

Authority
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Hand S
Postcode
SL6 3SS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred
  • Whether the development as alleged requires planning permission
  • Whether there is a fallback position
  • Whether the period for compliance is reasonable

What decided it

The outbuilding is a substantial self-contained 4-bedroom house occupied independently by a separate family with no functional or physical link to the main house, constituting a material change of use to a separate dwelling requiring planning permission.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Gravesham BC v SSE & O'Brien [1982] 47 P&CR 142; Uttlesford DC v SSE & White [1992] JPL 171

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