Planning appeal decision
The Round Oak, Reading Road, Padworth Common, Reading, RG7 4QG
Planning appeal 3331425 at The Round Oak, Reading Road, Padworth Common, Reading, RG7 4QG (West Berkshire District Council) was dismissed on 13 September 2024 by Inspector Boffin D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded.
Certificate of lawful use or development for ancillary residential use to the dwelling at The Round Oak
- Authority
- West Berkshire District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Boffin D
- Postcode
- RG7 4QG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded
What decided it
The appeal site does not form part and parcel of the dwellinghouse and is not within its curtilage, and the appellant has not demonstrated with sufficient precision and unambiguity that the site has been used continuously for ten years or more as ancillary residential use.
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