38 Commercial Road, EXETER, EX2 4AE

without planning permission: 1. The unauthorised change of use of part of the ground floor (in the north-western area of the building) of 38 Commercial Road, fronting Commercial Road, from retail class E to use for parking vehicles. 2. Installation of roller shutter on Commercial Road elevation on north elevation of 38 Commercial Road, Exeter EX2 4AE

Authority: Exeter City Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Howell M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the material change of use of part of the ground floor from retail class E to use for parking vehicles and the installation of a roller shutter on the Commercial Road elevation constitute breaches of planning control

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probability that planning permission had been granted for the installation of the roller shutter, as the specific details were never formally agreed despite being required to be agreed as a condition of the original permission.

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