Planning appeal decision
87-89 , Cheap Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3BG
Planning appeal 3302997 at 87-89 , Cheap Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3BG (Dorset) was dismissed on 13 November 2023 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether material operations comprised in the development permitted by the 2019 Permission had commenced before 18 May 2021.
Partial demolition of single storey element and creation of self-contained flats with alterations to windows and doors
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- other · Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Not Applicable
- Inspector
- Ghafoor A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether material operations comprised in the development permitted by the 2019 Permission had commenced before 18 May 2021
- Whether a Commencement Notice was required to be submitted and whether failure to do so resulted in a valid surcharge
What decided it
The lowered frontage windows, replacement frames, windows and doors, and internal works undertaken around May 2021 constituted material operations comprised in the 2019 Permission, establishing commencement before 18 May 2021 without a submitted Commencement Notice.
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