Planning appeal decision
58 Banner Road, Bristol, BS6 5LZ
Planning appeal 3276842 at 58 Banner Road, Bristol, BS6 5LZ (Bristol City Council) was dismissed on 5 November 2021 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, at the time the enforcement notice was issued, it was too late to take enforcement action in respect of the alleged breach of planning control (ground (d) appeal).
Without planning permission the formation of a self-contained residential unit in the basement of the building at 58 Banner Road, Bristol BS6 5LZ
- Authority
- Bristol City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hanson S
- Postcode
- BS6 5LZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, at the time the enforcement notice was issued, it was too late to take enforcement action in respect of the alleged breach of planning control (ground (d) appeal)
What decided it
The evidence provided was not sufficiently precise and unambiguous to justify a finding that the use of the basement flat as a separate dwellinghouse had been sustained for the requisite four-year period before the enforcement notice was issued.
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