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Planning permission granted11 September 20253363306

Plot 4, Slapton Lock, Horton Road, Slapton , Buckinghamshire, LU7 9DB

Planning appeal 3363306 at Plot 4, Slapton Lock, Horton Road, Slapton , Buckinghamshire, LU7 9DB (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was allowed on 11 September 2025 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice as constituting a breach of planning control have in fact occurred, specifically whether the plots adjacent to the canal are residential in character of use or amenity space ancillary to leisure use of the canal and moorings.

Without planning permission, the material change of use of agricultural land to residential use

Authority
Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Walker A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice as constituting a breach of planning control have in fact occurred, specifically whether the plots adjacent to the canal are residential in character of use or amenity space ancillary to leisure use of the canal and moorings

What decided it

The moorings are subject to licence clauses restricting use to recreational purposes and preventing permanent habitation, with occupation limited to less than one-sixth of the year, which cannot reasonably constitute residential use.

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