®Planning appeal decision
Notice varied and upheld22 May 20253344374
Studio Cottage, 23 Pulens Lane, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 4BZ
Without planning permission and within the last 4 years, a material change of use of land to create a new planning unit consisting of an independent residential dwelling house comprising of a conversion of a vehicular garage
- Authority
- South Downs
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Douglas L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the material change of use to a dwellinghouse constitutes a breach of planning control
- Whether enforcement action could be taken at the date the notice was issued, having regard to the four-year rule under section 171B(2) of the Act
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the material change of use took place at least four years before the enforcement notice was issued, as required by section 171B(2) of the Act.
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