Land Known as Valentine Stables, 34A South Road, Great Abington, CAMBRIDGE, CB21 6AU

Without planning permission the erection of a dwelling house

Authority: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Preston C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice (erection of a dwellinghouse without planning permission) has occurred as a matter of fact
Whether the matters stated in the notice, if they occurred, constitute a breach of planning control
Whether planning permission should be granted for the erection of a dwellinghouse
Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control

What decided it

The building was constructed as a dwellinghouse from the outset without planning permission, in breach of development plan policies restricting residential development outside settlement frameworks, and no material considerations justify departure from the development plan.

Plan policies cited: Policy S/7, Policy H/19, Policy GAL2

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