Planning appeal decision
Car Park of the Red Lion Public House, Chapel Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PQ
Planning appeal 3347895 at Car Park of the Red Lion Public House, Chapel Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PQ (Vale of White Horse District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 21 November 2024 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice was correctly served on the appellant.
Without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land from woodland copse in connection with Hall Barn to a mixed use comprising a woodland copse in connection with Hall Barn, ancillary residential use connected with the adjoining Public House, and commercial storage for the adjoining Public House
- Authority
- Vale of White Horse District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hanson S
- Postcode
- OX11 9PQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice was correctly served on the appellant
- Whether the matters alleged in the notice, if they occurred, constitute a breach of planning control
- Whether the land forms part of the planning unit of Hall Barn or The Red Lion
What decided it
The land forms a single planning unit with Hall Barn as its primary residential use, and the siting of the structure and storage of items do not constitute a material change of use requiring planning permission.
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