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Notice upheld10 June 20223279796

63 Beaumont Road, Slough, SL2 1NG

Planning appeal 3279796 at 63 Beaumont Road, Slough, SL2 1NG (Slough Borough Council) was dismissed on 10 June 2022 by Inspector Higenbottam H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use was lawful through passage of time (ground d).

‘Without planning permission, the conversion of an outbuilding to form a self-contained dwelling and its use as an independent residential unit (Unauthorised Use) shown on the attached Plan edged in blue.’

Authority
Slough Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Higenbottam H
Postcode
SL2 1NG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the use was lawful through passage of time (ground d)
  • Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are excessive (ground f)
  • Whether the time given to comply with the notice is too short (ground g)

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the unauthorised use had continued uninterrupted for four years before the enforcement notice was issued, and the enforcement notice requirements were neither excessive nor unreasonable in their compliance timeframe.

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