Little Claydons Farm, Old Southend Road, Sandon, Chelmsford, CM2 7TB

Without planning permission, the construction of a building

Authority: Chelmsford Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector: King T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the works carried out to the barn constituted a breach of planning control by way of unauthorised operational development, or whether they fell within the exemption for maintenance, improvement or other alteration that does not materially affect the external appearance of the building under section 55(2)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

What decided it

The building's footprint remained unchanged and the majority of the original brickwork was retained and made good, with any modifications to external appearance being insufficiently material to constitute development requiring planning permission under section 55(2)(a) of the 1990 Act.

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