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

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

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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