Planning appeal decision
Low Shepherds Yeat, Crook, Kendal, LA8 8LR
Planning appeal 3270487 at Low Shepherds Yeat, Crook, Kendal, LA8 8LR (Lake District) was dismissed on 17 June 2021 by Inspector Whitfield J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, at the date the enforcement notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken in respect of the alleged breach of planning control (ground (d) appeal under section 174(2) of the 1990 Act).
Material change of use of building to dwellinghouse used for holiday letting accommodation
- Authority
- Lake District
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Whitfield J
- Postcode
- LA8 8LR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, at the date the enforcement notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken in respect of the alleged breach of planning control (ground (d) appeal under section 174(2) of the 1990 Act)
What decided it
The evidence did not demonstrate, on the balance of probabilities, that the material change of use from ancillary accommodation to an independent dwellinghouse occurred before 12 January 2017, the date four years before the enforcement notice was issued.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Welwyn Hatfield BC v SSCLG and Beesley [2011] UKSC 15
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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