32 Tyler Avenue, Flitch Green, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 3GB

Planning appeal 3352800 at 32 Tyler Avenue, Flitch Green, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 3GB (Uttlesford District Council) was dismissed on 2 July 2025 by Inspector Brownless E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

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
Postcode: CM6 3GB

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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