Planning permission (or lack of)?

Planning permission (or lack of)?

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Equus

16,927 posts

102 months

Sunday 26th March 2023
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sospan said:
I wonder.......original Certificate of Lawfulness granted under PD for the original submitted plan.
Has the building deviated from what was submitted to gain the ok?
That's a different matter: which is why I stipulated the building 'as described' in my bet.

It is possible to 'cheat' the LPA in this way (see Uttlesford District Council v. Secretary of State and White [1991]), but that still wouldn't mean that the building was PD as described.

It is conceivable that you could build under PD, then introduce bedrooms and even a floor, and get the LPA to acknowledge that no material development had taken place (using Uttlesford District Council v. Secretary of State and White as a stick to beat them with), but whilst the building would remain 'lawful', it wouldn't be 'Permitted Development'... there's a difference.

roscopervis

340 posts

148 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Equus said:
We've also got at least one Appeals Inspector on here who I am sure we can persuade to adjudicate in the event of dispute.

If Lord Brett's neighbour is South West, as per the location he lists on his profile, there's a better than average chance that I can get direct access to the Council's internal information, too - my Planning Director was a Senior Planner with one of the Authorities down there until fairly recently, and you know how incestuous Planning Authorities are with Planners playing musical chairs in the local area.

Edited by Equus on Sunday 26th March 21:56
I'm pretty sure if it's fairly recent, we could work it out from the online file on the Planning Portal. If there is one of course. Many LPA's have been digital since around the mid 2000's so there is a good chance. But if you know somebody, then all the better, doing the rounds is par for the course!



Equus

16,927 posts

102 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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It's beginning to look as though someone's mouth was bigger than his trousers, though, after all?

He's gone rather quiet, all of a sudden...

julian64

14,317 posts

255 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Equus said:
It's beginning to look as though someone's mouth was bigger than his trousers, though, after all?

He's gone rather quiet, all of a sudden...
You really can't help yourself can you?