®Planning appeal decision
10 Blackthorne Road, Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT23 4BN
described in the application form as: ‘intend to change use of part of building from garage to habitable room. Changing garage door to upvc doors, insulating, raising wall heights
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Douglas L
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, with particular regard to whether the proposal would breach a condition attached to a planning permission
What decided it
The proposed use of the garage as habitable space would breach the third condition of the 1986 planning permission, which restricted use to storage of private motor vehicles and ancillary domestic storage only, and no evidence demonstrates the condition has been breached for more than 10 years to attract immunity from enforcement action.
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