Planning appeal decision
26A Lake Avenue, Slough, SL1 3BZ
Planning appeal 3323149 at 26A Lake Avenue, Slough, SL1 3BZ (Slough Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 20 May 2024 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of planning control had occurred by the date of issue of the notice (ground b).
Without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land to mixed use of residential and for the repairing and servicing of motor vehicles, and associated storage
- Authority
- Slough Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hanson S
- Postcode
- SL1 3BZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control had occurred by the date of issue of the notice (ground b)
- Whether the matters alleged, if they occurred, constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)
- Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control or injury to amenity (ground f)
What decided it
The quantum of equipment, frequency of vehicle repairs (up to four per week), noise generation from hand tools and engine running, and materially increased vehicle and pedestrian movements demonstrated a commercial-scale use that was not incidental to the primary residential use and constituted a material change of use requiring planning permission.
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