Planning appeal decision
1A Russet Close, Crewe, CW1 4FR
Planning appeal 3345810 at 1A Russet Close, Crewe, CW1 4FR (Cheshire East) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 16 October 2025 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control.
without planning permission, the unauthorised material change of use of a building into three self-contained flats and associated operational development comprising the addition of a single storey extension of the eastern elevation and a single storey extension on the western elevation of the building in the approximate positions hatched green on Plan B attached to this notice
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Walker A
- Postcode
- CW1 4FR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control
- Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy any breach of planning control
What decided it
The eastern and western extensions were lawfully implemented under valid planning permissions and therefore do not constitute breaches of planning control, requiring variation of the enforcement notice to remove the requirement to demolish them.
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