Planning appeal decision
Green Lane Farm, Green Lane, Kelsall, Chester, Cheshire, CW6 0QA
Planning appeal 3308903 at Green Lane Farm, Green Lane, Kelsall, Chester, Cheshire, CW6 0QA (Cheshire West and Chester) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 6 June 2023 by Inspector Jones D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the breach of planning control as alleged in the enforcement notice (demolition of an agricultural building and erection of one dwelling) has occurred as a matter of fact.
the demolition of an agricultural building and erection of one dwelling ("the unauthorised development")
- Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Jones D
- Postcode
- CW6 0QA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the breach of planning control as alleged in the enforcement notice (demolition of an agricultural building and erection of one dwelling) has occurred as a matter of fact
What decided it
The appellant's evidence (invoices, statutory declaration, and consistency with the Council's own 2019 permission assessment) demonstrated that the major structural works were completed in late 2011, establishing that conversion rather than demolition and new build had occurred.
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