Hi
So we have an applicant that applied to extend a bungalow into a two story dwelling pre-CIL. Planning permission was granted on the extension. He commenced then as the were taking off the roof they realised the bungalow was in worse repair than realised and inspection holes were dug to look at foundations. At this point they realised it had none.
They then took it upon themselves to actually demolish the whole building and start building a new build. This was reported to us, they didn't contact us. So our planning officer said the extension plans no longer stand and they would have to apply for new planning permission that would be CIL liable. Now they are CIL liable and because they have already commenced they cannot claim the self-build exemption and we are not offsetting the old floor space from the new floor space.
We now have an appeal in against the £40K CIL and not granting the exemption. Has anyone had a case like this before? Should we be offsetting the floor space from the original bungalow? Has anyone had an appeal because this is a first here at Daventry for CIL?
