Planning appeal decision
25 Crossways, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8PU
Planning appeal 3322546 at 25 Crossways, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8PU (Dacorum Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 7 December 2023 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred.
without planning permission, the material change of use of the land for the parking and storing of commercial vehicles
- Authority
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- HP3 8PU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred
- Whether those matters, if they occurred, constitute a breach of planning control
What decided it
The commercial vehicle parking and storage activity is ancillary to the primary dwellinghouse use and does not constitute a material change of use, as the vehicles are used solely by the dwelling occupiers for their day-to-day travel requirements.
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