Planning appeal decision
Site of Former Green Lane Cottage (Land North of Greenfields), Green Lane, Bings Heath, Shropshire, SY4 4BY
Planning appeal 3345984 at Site of Former Green Lane Cottage (Land North of Greenfields), Green Lane, Bings Heath, Shropshire, SY4 4BY (Shropshire County Council) was dismissed on 18 November 2024 by Inspector Madge M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the Council's refusal to grant a lawful development certificate (LDC) was well founded.
C3 residential use
- Authority
- Shropshire County Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Madge M
- Postcode
- SY4 4BY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the Council's refusal to grant a lawful development certificate (LDC) was well founded
What decided it
The demolition of the dwelling and the subsequent decades-long failure to secure planning permission for its replacement or to establish the lawful use led the Inspector to conclude that the C3 residential use had been abandoned.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Hartley v MHLG [1970] 1QB 413; Trustees of the Castell-y-Mynach Estate v SSW [1985] JPL 40; Hughes v SSETR [2000] 80 P &CR 397; Iddenden v SSE [1972] WLR 1433
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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