®Planning appeal decision
Notice varied and upheld15 December 20233310766
11 Knights Road, FARNHAM, Surrey, GU9 9BX
Without planning permission, the change of use of an outbuilding from a use that is ancillary to the primary dwellinghouse to that of a dwelling with an independent residential use
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hocking P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control, namely the change of use of the building to a dwelling for independent residential use, has occurred as a matter of fact
- Whether there has been a breach of planning control
- Whether at the date the notice was issued it was too late to take enforcement action
- Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach
- Whether the time given to comply with the notice is reasonable
What decided it
The subdivision of the appeal site into two separate residential planning units when the original dwelling was rented to unrelated occupiers, breaking the physical and functional link that had previously justified ancillary use, constituted a breach of planning control requiring enforcement action.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.