The WLR Daily case summaries
[2015] WLR (D) 514
PLANNING— Planning control— Breach— Barn buildings erected pursuant to planning permissions— — Change of use of buildings from agricultural to dwelling use without planning permission— — Use as dwelling not detected by and concealed from planning authorities for four years— — Subsequent applications for certificate of lawful use as dwelling refused— — Enforcement notices issued for breach of planning control by change of use— — Established case law disapplying statutory four-year limitation period for enforcement action in cases of deception— — Whether enactment of new provisions for planning enforcement orders removing deception exception— — Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended by Planning and Compensation Act 1991, ss 84(5), 10), ss 171B, 191