®Planning appeal decision
Pondwood Farm, Pondwood Lane, White Waltham, MAIDENHEAD, SL6 3SS
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
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.
Judgments cited: Gravesham BC v SSE & O'Brien [1982] 47 P&CR 142; Uttlesford DC v SSE & White [1992] JPL 171
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