®Planning appeal decision
10 Hollies Walk, Wootton, Bedford, MK43 9LB
Planning appeal 3295973 at 10 Hollies Walk, Wootton, Bedford, MK43 9LB (Bedford Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 September 2023 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded with regard to whether the use of the property for up to a group of four adults living together as a single household with non-residential staff to supervise the residents on a 24-hour shift system would fall within use class C3(b) of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) and would not amount to development requiring planning permission.
the use of the property as a private dwellinghouse for use class C3(b) for up to a group of four adults living together as a single household within non-residential staff to supervise the residents on a 24-hour shift system
- Authority
- Bedford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- MK43 9LB
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 regard to whether the use of the property for up to a group of four adults living together as a single household with non-residential staff to supervise the residents on a 24-hour shift system would fall within use class C3(b) of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) and would not amount to development requiring planning permission
What decided it
The degree of care and support required by the residents over a 24-hour shift period, combined with the non-residential status of care staff, means the proposed use would not involve a proper functioning of a single household and therefore falls within Use Class C2 rather than C3(b).
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