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Allowed28 April 20263367491

136 Wingrove Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE4 9BX

Planning appeal 3367491 at 136 Wingrove Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE4 9BX (Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council) was allowed on 28 April 2026 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council behaved unreasonably in refusing the certificate of lawful use application by failing to properly consider whether the proposed change of use constituted a material change of use under section 55(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Certificate of lawful use or development for change of use from class C3 (dwellinghouse) to class C2 (residential institutions)

Authority
Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
community-institutional · Change of use
Inspector
Hartley D
Postcode
NE4 9BX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council behaved unreasonably in refusing the certificate of lawful use application by failing to properly consider whether the proposed change of use constituted a material change of use under section 55(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

What decided it

The Council failed to substantiate its decision by not properly assessing whether the proposal amounted to a material change of use as required by section 55(1) of the Act, instead mechanically applying the absence of permitted development rights.

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