Planning appeal decision
Rosemoor Engineering Services, Ashill Moor, Ashill, Cullompton, EX15 3NW
Planning appeal 3287719 at Rosemoor Engineering Services, Ashill Moor, Ashill, Cullompton, EX15 3NW (Mid Devon District Council) was dismissed on 31 March 2022 by Inspector Bale M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be permitted development with regard to whether the existing building has been in a commercial, business and service use for at least two years preceding the date of the application.
conversion of existing workshop and store to one 3-bedroom, single-storey dwelling house
- Authority
- Mid Devon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bale M
- Postcode
- EX15 3NW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be permitted development with regard to whether the existing building has been in a commercial, business and service use for at least two years preceding the date of the application
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate that the building had been in Class B1/E use for the two years preceding the application, as the evidence indicated the vehicle maintenance workshop fell within Class B2 use.
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