83 Stratford Road, Wolverton, MILTON KEYNES, MK12 5LU

without planning permission, the unauthorised change of use of part of the building and operational development comprising of the following: i) Part change of use of the ground floor into a mixed use as self-contained flat and Class E Commercial use ii) Unauthorised subdivision of the first floor to two self-contained flats. iii) The installation of a rear external staircase has not been built in accordance with the approved plans as per planning permission 20/01678/FUL, drawing ref: 0320-SK-01 and; iv) The unauthorised removal of chimney and installation of skylights to rear roof slope

Authority: Milton Keynes Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Thompson F

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the enforcement notice complies with section 173(10) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Town and Country Planning (Enforcement Notices and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2002 in specifying reasons why the local planning authority considered it expedient to issue the notice

What decided it

The enforcement notice failed to specify the reasons why the local planning authority considered it expedient to issue the notice, rendering it a nullity with no legal effect.

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