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Quashed On Legal Grounds17 October 20243333564

Hill House, The Green, Saxlingham, Nethergate, Norwich, NR15 1TE

Planning appeal 3333564 at Hill House, The Green, Saxlingham, Nethergate, Norwich, NR15 1TE (South Norfolk District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 17 October 2024 by Inspector Blackwell J, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site comprises a single planning unit or three distinct planning units.

Material change of use of the Land from a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a mixed use as a dwellinghouse, holiday accommodation (not within Use Class C3) and commercial events venue including large scale outdoor commercial events and glamping, together with operational development comprising a straw bale horseshoe structure and three lorry containers

Authority
South Norfolk District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector
Blackwell J
Postcode
NR15 1TE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the appeal site comprises a single planning unit or three distinct planning units
  • Whether the matters alleged constituted a breach of planning control (ground (c))
  • Whether the alleged mixed use and operational development had become immune from enforcement action (ground (d))

What decided it

The elements alleged in the enforcement notice either benefited from permitted development rights or had become immune from enforcement through the ten-year passage of time.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207; Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and Harrow London Borough Council (No. 2) [2000] EWCA Civ 5569; [2000] JPL 1025; Ramsey v Secretary of State [2002] JPL 1123; Beach v Secretary of State for Transport, Environment and the Regions [2001] 5 WLUK 143

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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