®Planning appeal decision
Land at Flat 7, Heath Court, Lower End Road, Glebe Farm , Milton Keynes, MK17 8XS
Without planning permission, the unauthorised change of use of a private dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) into an office (Use Class E(g)(i)) (‘the Unauthorised Change of Use’) following refusal of planning application 22/00184/FUL) and the dismissed planning appeal reference APP/Y0435/W/23/3323547)
- Authority
- Milton Keynes Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Preston C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred as a matter of fact (ground (b))
- Whether the matters alleged amount to a breach of planning control (ground (c))
- Whether the period for compliance is reasonable (ground (g))
What decided it
The primary function of the use is as an office for operational and administrative functions, with overnight sleeping accommodation being ancillary, constituting a material change of use requiring planning permission which was refused and dismissed at appeal.
The need for expediency in remedying the breach in the public interest was balanced against the severity of potential impact upon vulnerable residents, resulting in an extension of the compliance period from three to twelve months to allow time for alternative accommodation and support arrangements to be considered and implemented.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.