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Quashed On Legal Grounds20 May 20263330668

Broom Cottage, Broomhills Chase, Little Burstead, Billericay, Essex, CM12 9TE

Planning appeal 3330668 at Broom Cottage, Broomhills Chase, Little Burstead, Billericay, Essex, CM12 9TE (Basildon District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 20 May 2026 by Inspector Dignan P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the material change of use of the building to a dwelling on the land, as alleged in the enforcement notice, has occurred as a matter of fact and planning law.

Without planning permission, the material change of use of the building to a dwelling on the land

Authority
Basildon District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Dignan P
Postcode
CM12 9TE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the material change of use of the building to a dwelling on the land, as alleged in the enforcement notice, has occurred as a matter of fact and planning law

What decided it

The appeal building's use, although self-contained, does not constitute a material change of use because it has not created a separate planning unit and remains ancillary to the residential use of the host dwellinghouse.

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