Planning appeal decision
Broadgates Barn , The Street, Roxwell, Chelmsford, CM1 4PA
Planning appeal 3292622 at Broadgates Barn , The Street, Roxwell, Chelmsford, CM1 4PA (Chelmsford Borough Council) was dismissed on 3 October 2024 by Inspector Steen A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the refusal of the certificate of lawful use by the Council was well-founded.
Conversion of barn to residential use under planning permission reference 97/CHL/0667
- Authority
- Chelmsford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Steen A
- Postcode
- CM1 4PA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the refusal of the certificate of lawful use by the Council was well-founded
What decided it
The operations undertaken to the building, involving demolition and reconstruction, were not in accordance with planning permission reference 97/CHL/0667 for conversion, and evidence was not sufficiently precise and unambiguous that the permission was implemented.
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