Planning appeal decision
6 Brookview Close, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 3EE
Planning appeal 3336233 at 6 Brookview Close, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 3EE (Fareham Borough Council) was allowed on 20 June 2024 by Inspector Fagan N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, at the date the enforcement notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken in respect of the alleged breach (ground (d)).
failure to comply with a condition imposed on planning permission ref P/04/1355/FP granted on 28 October 2004 for erection of eight dwellings and associated garages via Fairacre Rise
- Authority
- Fareham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Fagan N
- Postcode
- PO14 3EE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, at the date the enforcement notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken in respect of the alleged breach (ground (d))
- Whether planning permission ought to be granted for the use of the garage as a habitable room without complying with Condition 7 (ground (a))
What decided it
The absence of any evidence of parking stress or adverse highway safety effects on Brookview Close or neighbouring streets following the garage conversion, meaning the breach of Condition 7 does not result in a breach of the current development plan policy TIN2.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy TIN2Policy D1Policies DG5 and T5 of the Fareham Local Plan Review
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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