The owners of a luxury home are hoping that the council will look kindly on them after making a retrospective planning application. But even if the application made by housing finance company Residential Loans Ltd is approved, some of the buildings put up in the garden of Haybarns in Morses Lane in South Marston will have to be removed. The finance company has taken back possession of the large house in the small development surrounded by green fields in South Marston, not far from Gable Cross.
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com/nIwWUsh6cD Its application for retrospective consent says: āThe site has been subject to an extensive history of planning permissions, including breaches of planning control committed during the conversion and construction of the buildings and structures on-site over the last eight years.ā It adds: āThe former occupant of the property responsible for the various unauthorised works has vacated the property which has since been recovered by the applicant. The intention is to place the property on the housing market once the breaches of planning control have been rectified.
That list of breaches of planning control is quite extensive. According to the applicant, there are six main areas of concern: The extension of the ācurtilageļæ½.