Planning appeal decision
Land at the Rear of Nos. 254, 254A and The Barn, High Greave, Sheffield, S5 9GR
Planning appeal 3270434 at Land at the Rear of Nos. 254, 254A and The Barn, High Greave, Sheffield, S5 9GR (Sheffield City Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 14 June 2021 by Inspector Rogers B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice correctly alleges a material change of use or operational development.
without planning permission, the unauthorised change of use of the Land to its use for purposes incidental to the adjacent residential property 254A High Greave and the erection of a timber building that facilitates and is integral to that use of the Land
- Authority
- Sheffield City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Rogers B
- Postcode
- S5 9GR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice correctly alleges a material change of use or operational development
- Whether the development had been substantially complete for more than four years prior to the issue of the enforcement notice, such that no enforcement action could be taken under ground (d)
What decided it
The development had been substantially complete for more than four years prior to the issue of the enforcement notice, rendering it immune from enforcement action under ground (d).
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Murfitt v SSE and E.Cambridgeshire DC [1980] 40 P&CR 254; Somak Travel v SSE & Brent LBC [1987] JPL 630; Perkins v SSE & Rother Valley DC [1981]; Kestrel Hydro v SSCLG [2016] COA; Parkes v SSE [1979] 1 All ER 21172
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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