14 Wingate Walk, Aylesbury, HP20 1LN

Planning appeal 3303111 at 14 Wingate Walk, Aylesbury, HP20 1LN (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was dismissed on 3 July 2023 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A (grounds b and c): whether a material change of use of the land to residential has occurred and whether it constitutes a breach of planning control.

the (retrospective) erection of close board fences to the boundaries in association with No. 14 Wingate Walk, Aylesbury HP20 1LN

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Hanson S
Postcode: HP20 1LN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Appeal A (grounds b and c): whether a material change of use of the land to residential has occurred and whether it constitutes a breach of planning control
Appeal A (ground d): whether the development is immune from enforcement action through the passage of time
Appeal B: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The fence represents a material change of use from amenity land to residential garden occurring in 2018, within the enforcement time limit, and causes visual harm to the character and appearance of the open plan estate contrary to development plan policy.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy BE2 of the Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan

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