Tenacres, Little Staughton Road, Colmworth, BEDFORD, MK44 2LB

described as retention of a dwelling (C3) and occupation without compliance of an agricultural occupancy condition on land at Tenacres, Little Staughton Road, Colmworth, Bedford, MK44 2LB

Authority: Bedford Borough Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Hartley D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Lawful Development Certificate was well founded with particular regard as to whether condition No. 4 (an agricultural occupancy condition) of outline planning permission B/TP/78/1389 is enforceable and, if not, whether the dwellinghouse can be occupied without compliance with such a condition

What decided it

The agricultural occupancy condition in the original outline planning permission remains enforceable as there is no evidence of a continuous breach exceeding ten years, and the current occupiers do not comply with the condition's requirements.

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