Land at Number 34 Glentworth Place, Slough, SL1 3UT

Planning appeal 3281780 at Land at Number 34 Glentworth Place, Slough, SL1 3UT (Slough Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 6 May 2022 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the building had been in use continuously as a single dwellinghouse for at least four years before the enforcement notice was issued, such that no enforcement action could be taken under section 171B(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Conversion of an outbuilding and its use as a self-contained residential dwelling

Authority: Slough Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Walker A
Postcode: SL1 3UT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the building had been in use continuously as a single dwellinghouse for at least four years before the enforcement notice was issued, such that no enforcement action could be taken under section 171B(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are excessive in achieving its purpose of remedying the breach of planning control

What decided it

The building lacked the facilities required for day-to-day private domestic existence (specifically a kitchen) until after February 2020, more than four years after the alleged breach, so the four-year immunity under section 171B(2) did not apply.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Gravesham BC v SSE & O'Brien [1983] JPL 306

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