Planning appeal decision
98 Manchester Road, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9RE
Planning appeal 3338746 at 98 Manchester Road, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9RE (Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 19 June 2024 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether copies of the enforcement notice were properly served on everyone with an interest in the land.
without planning permission the material change of use of the land to use as two residential dwellings arising from the use of a detached garage (shown edged/coloured blue on the attached plan) as a separate a residential dwellinghouse (C3: dwellinghouse use class)
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- S36 9RE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether copies of the enforcement notice were properly served on everyone with an interest in the land
- Whether the matters comprising the alleged breach of planning control have occurred
- Whether the matters alleged constitute a breach of planning control
- Whether at the date the notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of any breach of planning control
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficient objective evidence to demonstrate that the building had been in continuous use as a separate dwellinghouse for the required four-year period to establish a certificate of lawfulness under ground (d).
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