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Quashed On Legal Grounds30 July 20263361942

The Land Known As 11 Woodlands Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7HW

Planning appeal 3361942 at The Land Known As 11 Woodlands Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7HW (Epsom and Ewell Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 30 July 2026 by Inspector Curnow R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the plan attached to the enforcement notice correctly identifies the planning unit.

Without planning permission, the change of use of the approved outbuilding to use as a single dwelling house

Authority
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Curnow R
Postcode
KT18 7HW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the plan attached to the enforcement notice correctly identifies the planning unit
  • Whether the alleged breach of planning control occurred and constitutes a breach of planning control
  • Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken in respect of the alleged breach

What decided it

The evidence established that 4 years of continuous use as a single dwellinghouse had been completed by 11 February 2021, before the enforcement notice was issued, meaning no enforcement action could be taken.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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