Planning appeal decision
Roslin, Rookery Road, Staines-Upon-Thames, TW18 1BT
Planning appeal 3331411 at Roslin, Rookery Road, Staines-Upon-Thames, TW18 1BT (Spelthorne Borough Council) was allowed on 23 February 2024 by Inspector Moore D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is whether the Council's refusal to grant an LDC was well-founded.
Failure to comply with condition 2 of planning permission 09/00277/COU in respect of pupil numbers
- Authority
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- community-institutional · Major retail and services
- Inspector
- Moore D
- Postcode
- TW18 1BT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The main issue is whether the Council's refusal to grant an LDC was well-founded.
What decided it
The Inspector found that the breach of condition 2 had continued, without significant interruption sufficient to stop the immunity clock, throughout the relevant ten-year period.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Thurrock BC v SSETR & Holding [2002] EWCA Civ 226; Swale BC v FSS & Lee [2005] EWCA Civ 1568; North Devon DC v FSS & Stokes [2004] EWHC 578 (Admin); Nicholson v SSE & Maldon DC [1998] JPL 553; Westminster CC v SSCLG [2013] EWHC 23 (Admin); Basingstoke and Deane BC v SSCLG & Stockdale [2009] EWHC 1012 (Admin); Miles v The National Assembly for Wales and Caerphilly BC [2007] EWHC 10 (Admin)
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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