Planning appeal decision
17 Frithwood Crescent, Kents Hill, Milton Keynes, MK7 6HQ
Planning appeal 3351075 at 17 Frithwood Crescent, Kents Hill, Milton Keynes, MK7 6HQ (Milton Keynes Council) was allowed on 12 May 2025 by Inspector Naylor R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the proposal constitutes a material change of use from Class C3(a) to Class C3(b).
a change of use from Class C3(a) to C3(b)
- Authority
- Milton Keynes Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Naylor R
- Postcode
- MK7 6HQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the proposal constitutes a material change of use from Class C3(a) to Class C3(b)
What decided it
The proposed use falls within Class C3(b) of the Use Classes Order as a change of use within Class C3, which is not development under section 55 of the 1990 Act, and therefore does not require planning permission.
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