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Dismissed13 July 20213270734

The Lodge, Staploe, St. Neots, PE19 5JB

Planning appeal 3270734 at The Lodge, Staploe, St. Neots, PE19 5JB (Bedford Borough Council) was dismissed on 13 July 2021 by Inspector Harbottle M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded.

Occupation of the Coach House as a residential annex to The Lodge

Authority
Bedford Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Harbottle M
Postcode
PE19 5JB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded

What decided it

The distance between The Lodge and the annex (over 100m), combined with the facilities each would provide and the potential for separate garden uses, made it less than probable that the occupiers would function as a single household, and therefore the annex would constitute a separate planning unit requiring planning permission.

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