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Allowed20 February 20233282578

Christmas Hill Farm, Gaydon Road, Bishops Itchington, Southam, CV47 2QY

Planning appeal 3282578 at Christmas Hill Farm, Gaydon Road, Bishops Itchington, Southam, CV47 2QY (Stratford-on-Avon District Council) was allowed on 20 February 2023 by Inspector Pleasant L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development was well founded, specifically whether the use of two bedrooms as short-term visitor accommodation for paying guests would result in a material change of use of the property.

described as the occasional letting of two bedrooms in 6 bedroom house to overnight paying guests

Authority
Stratford-on-Avon District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Pleasant L
Postcode
CV47 2QY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development was well founded, specifically whether the use of two bedrooms as short-term visitor accommodation for paying guests would result in a material change of use of the property

What decided it

The size of the property, the limited frequency and scale of the proposed use, and the existing pattern of comings and goings from a large family home meant that the use of two bedrooms for short-term paying guest accommodation would not result in a sufficiently significant change in character to constitute a material change in the use of the land.

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