Planning appeal decision
Ambleside, The Footpath Aylsham Road, Swanton Abbott, Norwich, NR10 5DL
Planning appeal 3337960 at Ambleside, The Footpath Aylsham Road, Swanton Abbott, Norwich, NR10 5DL (North Norfolk District Council) was dismissed on 25 September 2025 by Inspector Harbottle M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded.
Use of the land for siting a mobile home for use ancillary to the main dwelling
- Authority
- North Norfolk District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Harbottle M
- Postcode
- NR10 5DL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded
What decided it
The permanence of the structure and its intended long-term occupation of the land mean it would constitute a building, and its assembly would be a building operation requiring express planning permission.
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