®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed2 July 20253352800
32 Tyler Avenue, Flitch Green, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 3GB
described as ‘use of a (3a) dwelling as a children’s home for up to three children, with a manager and three carers , two of whom will sleep overnight, working on a rota basis (C2)’
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Brownless E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawfulness is well-founded, turning on whether there would be a material change of use from the lawful use as a single dwellinghouse falling within Class C3(a) to the proposed use as a home for up to three children, with a manager and three carers, two of whom will sleep overnight, working on a rota basis
What decided it
The likely significant increase in the number of vehicles parked at the site at any one time, particularly from staff, professional visitors, and family members, would constitute a material change in the character and use of the property as a dwellinghouse.
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