Planning appeal decision
Flaxbourne Farm House, Salford Road, Aspley Guise, MK17 8HZ
Planning appeal 3283440 at Flaxbourne Farm House, Salford Road, Aspley Guise, MK17 8HZ (Central Bedfordshire) was dismissed on 18 May 2022 by Inspector Somers J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether Conditions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are necessary, relevant to planning and to the development to be permitted, enforceable, precise and reasonable in all other respects.
Retrospective change of use of dwelling house to a house of multiple occupation (sui generis)
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Somers J
- Postcode
- MK17 8HZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether Conditions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are necessary, relevant to planning and to the development to be permitted, enforceable, precise and reasonable in all other respects
What decided it
The conditions must meet the six tests of necessity, relevance, enforceability, precision and reasonableness; Condition 6 met these tests as a genuine concern regarding privacy of multiple residents from wedding venue guests, while Condition 7 was redundant duplication.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 9Paragraph 12
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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