64B Brick kiln lane, Shepshed, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 9EL

Without planning permission, the material change of use of land to residential curtilage to form domestic garden land and facilitating operational development including fencing within the last 10 years

Authority: Charnwood Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Ollerenshaw M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for domestic garden use, having regard to the development plan and the effect of the use on the character and appearance of the countryside
The effect of the development on the ecological value of the undeveloped land

What decided it

The material change of use and associated fencing cause unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the countryside and to ecological value, contrary to the development plan, and no material considerations justify permission.

Framework references: 49, 135, 193

Plan policies cited: Policy CT/1, Policy CT/2, Policy ST/2, Policy EV/1, Policy CS1, Policy CS2, Policy CS11, Policy CS13, Policy CS25, Policy C1, Policy EV6

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