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Dismissed27 January 20223276588

1-2 Westwick Hall Farm Cottages, Gorhambury, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6AP

Planning appeal 3276588 at 1-2 Westwick Hall Farm Cottages, Gorhambury, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6AP (St Albans City Council) was dismissed on 27 January 2022 by Inspector Dyer S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the decision by the Council to refuse to grant a Lawful Development Certificate is well-founded.

reinstating parts of the former party-wall between the original pair of semi-detached dwellings where removed to form internal access doorways and separating the heating and electrical installation serving the current use as a single dwelling

Authority
St Albans City Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Dyer S
Postcode
AL3 6AP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the decision by the Council to refuse to grant a Lawful Development Certificate is well-founded

What decided it

Section 55(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 explicitly provides that use as two or more separate dwellinghouses of any building previously used as a single dwellinghouse involves a material change of use, and the appellant provided no evidence to rebut this statutory provision.

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