64C Brick Kiln Lane, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9EL

Planning appeal 3341122 at 64C Brick Kiln Lane, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9EL (Charnwood Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 2 September 2025 by Inspector Ollerenshaw M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

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
Postcode: LE12 9EL

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 to domestic garden and associated fencing cause unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the countryside and to ecological value, and the site is outside the development boundary with no policy justification for the use.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CT/1Policy CT/2Policy ST/2Policy EV/1Policy CS1Policy CS2Policy CS11Policy CS13Policy CS25Policy C1Policy EV6
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 49Paragraph 187Paragraph 193

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