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Notice upheld15 February 20243306650

8 Harpurs, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5UD

Planning appeal 3306650 at 8 Harpurs, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5UD (Reigate and Banstead Borough Council) was dismissed on 15 February 2024 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether there has been a material change of use of the building from ancillary studio/workshop/hobby room to separate non-ancillary residential accommodation constituting a breach of planning control.

Without planning permission, the making of a material change of use of the land from use as a studio/workshop/hobby room ancillary to the dwellinghouse to use for separate non- ancillary residential accommodation

Authority
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Hocking P
Postcode
KT20 5UD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether there has been a material change of use of the building from ancillary studio/workshop/hobby room to separate non-ancillary residential accommodation constituting a breach of planning control

What decided it

The website evidence demonstrating the building was marketed and used as a private apartment with independent facilities (kitchen, garden, parking) available for short-term rental, which established a material change of use to separate non-ancillary residential accommodation without planning permission.

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