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Allowed9 July 20243315388

The Laurels, Langford Road, Biggleswade, SG18 9JU

Planning appeal 3315388 at The Laurels, Langford Road, Biggleswade, SG18 9JU (Central Bedfordshire) was allowed on 9 July 2024 by Inspector Perkins L, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application was well-founded.

Erection of a dwellinghouse

Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Perkins L
Postcode
SG18 9JU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application was well-founded

What decided it

On the balance of probability the building operations were substantially complete more than four years before the date of the LDC application, so the time for enforcement action against them had expired.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
FSS v Arun DC & Brown [2006] EWCA Civ 1172; Welwyn Hatfield BC v SSCLG & Beesley [2011] UKSC 15

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