Barn Springs Clatford Lodge, Anna Valley, ANDOVER, SP11 7DL

Without planning permission, (a) the making of a material change in use of land to a residential use and, (b) the carrying out of associated building operations involving:- (i) The alteration and extension of a building to form a dwellinghouse, (ii) The erection of seven outbuildings, (iii) The erection of fences and gates, (iv) The erection of a retaining wall, (v) The installation of external cladding, (vi) The formation of hard surfacing, (vii) The installation of timber sleepers, [and] (viii) The installation of a biodigester

Authority: Test Valley Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Fagan N

What decided it

The unauthorised residential use conflicted with Policies COM2, COM10, LE16 and E3 and with the development plan as a whole, and no lawful fallback residential or storage use had been established.

Plan policies cited: COM2, COM10, E3, LE16

Judgments cited: Murfitt v SSE (1980) JPL 598; Somak Travel v SSE (1987) JPL 630

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