Planning appeal decision
1, Four Acre Drive, Houghton Conquest, MK45 3GT
Planning appeal 3301078 at 1, Four Acre Drive, Houghton Conquest, MK45 3GT (Central Bedfordshire) was allowed on 1 September 2023 by Inspector Pleasant L, 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.
Use of land as residential garden and erection of 1.8m timber fence
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Pleasant L
- Postcode
- MK45 3GT
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
What decided it
The proposed fence is not adjacent to a highway used by vehicular traffic and therefore qualifies as permitted development, and the land's lawful use is residential with no restrictions imposed by conditions or obligations.
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