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Allowed21 September 20263373400

14 Woodman Way, Wootton, Bedford, MK43 9RX

Planning appeal 3373400 at 14 Woodman Way, Wootton, Bedford, MK43 9RX (Bedford Borough Council) was allowed on 21 September 2026 by Inspector Lo S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the resulting accommodation would constitute 'living accommodation' for the purposes of Condition 18, and consequently, whether the proposal would be lawful.

Authority
Bedford Borough Council
Appeal type
Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Lo S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the resulting accommodation would constitute 'living accommodation' for the purposes of Condition 18, and consequently, whether the proposal would be lawful

What decided it

The proposed use would remain ancillary to the main dwellinghouse and would not constitute 'living accommodation' within the natural and ordinary meaning of Condition 18, and the external works would benefit from permitted development rights.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd v the Scottish Ministers [2015] UKSC 74; R v SSE ex parte Slough BC [1995] JPL 1128; Lambeth LBC v SSCLG & Aberdeen Asset Management Ltd & Others [2019] UKSC 33

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