Land at SX369802, Known As Rose Cottage, The Tollhouse, Greystone Bridge, Launceston, Devon, PL15 9PD

Planning appeal 3377842 at Land at SX369802, Known As Rose Cottage, The Tollhouse, Greystone Bridge, Launceston, Devon, PL15 9PD (West Devon Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 16 July 2026 by Inspector Howell M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the purpose of the Notice, whether the requirements of the Notice were excessive to remedy the breach and if any lesser steps put forward would achieve the purpose of the Notice.

without planning permission: (i) the change of use of the Land from a detached garage to the use as a separate dwelling for residential purposes

Authority: West Devon Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Howell M
Postcode: PL15 9PD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the purpose of the Notice, whether the requirements of the Notice were excessive to remedy the breach and if any lesser steps put forward would achieve the purpose of the Notice

What decided it

The appellant failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that the material change of use to a separate dwelling had commenced and continuously subsisted for four years before the Notice was issued, as his own building control and naming/numbering applications indicated occupation began only in May 2022.

the interference with the appellant's Article 8 and Article 1 First Protocol rights, and his personal circumstances, were outweighed by the public interest in maintaining effective planning control and remedying the breach

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