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Allowed9 June 20233307404

Telephone Repeater Station, Fletchamstead Highway Coventry CV4 7BB, Coventry , CV4 7BB

Planning appeal 3307404 at Telephone Repeater Station, Fletchamstead Highway Coventry CV4 7BB, Coventry , CV4 7BB (Coventry City Council) was allowed on 9 June 2023 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC is well-founded.

the use of a former BT Repeater Station (Sui Generis) as a commercial office (Use Class E(c)iii)

Authority
Coventry City Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Change of use
Inspector
Walker A
Postcode
CV4 7BB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC is well-founded

What decided it

The building had been in continuous use as a music studio for a ten-year period prior to the application date, accruing immunity from enforcement action, and this use had neither been abandoned nor replaced by a new use.

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