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Quashed On Legal Grounds17 July 20253349464

Ravenswood Farm Church Lane, Sarratt, Rickmansworth, WD3 6HJ

Planning appeal 3349464 at Ravenswood Farm Church Lane, Sarratt, Rickmansworth, WD3 6HJ (Three Rivers District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 17 July 2025 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance.

without planning permission, the material change of use of building from its use for agriculture to its dual use for agriculture and as an independent dwelling house (Use class C3 of Town and Country Planning (use Classes) Order 1987)

Authority
Three Rivers District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Change of use
Inspector
Savage M
Postcode
WD3 6HJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance
  • What is the appropriate planning unit
  • Whether the residential use is ancillary to the agricultural use

What decided it

The enforcement notice failed to specify with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance, and it could not be corrected without causing injustice to either the appellant or the local planning authority.

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