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The Committee received a report requesting authorisation to take formal enforcement action.

The report sought that enforcement action is authorised in respect of the breaches of planning control to serve two enforcement notices to remedy (a) the unlawful material change of use of the outbuilding and (b) the breach of condition 3.

Site: 26 Bishops Road

Breach: Non-compliance with condition requiring outbuilding to remain ancillary to main property

The Committee:

Resolved (unanimously to accept the officer recommendation to:

  i.  Authorise the service of enforcement notices under S172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) in respect of the breaches of planning control, namely the failure to comply with planning condition 3 of planning permission reference 13/1654/FUL, and the material change of use of the ancillary studio to a separate unit, at 26 Bishops Road, Cambridge, specifying the steps to comply and the period for compliance set out in paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3 of the Officer’s report, for the reasons contained in paragraph 5.4.

  ii.  Authorise the Head of Planning Services (after consultation with the Head of Legal Services) to draft and issue the enforcement notices.

  iii.  Delegate authority to the Head of Planning Services (after consultation with the Head of Legal Services) to exercise the Council’s powers to take further action in the event of noncompliance with the enforcement notices.