Planning appeal decision
3 Church Brook, Tadley, RG26 4AY
Planning appeal 3259670 at 3 Church Brook, Tadley, RG26 4AY (Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council) was allowed on 12 August 2021 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness for the use as garden land is well founded.
described as: Garden land with vegetable plot used for family domestic use as per normal family use for longer than 10 years
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hocking P
- Postcode
- RG26 4AY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness for the use as garden land is well founded
What decided it
The appellant demonstrated on the balance of probabilities that the land had been used as garden land for a relevant uninterrupted period of at least 10 years, discharging the necessary burden of proof for a certificate of lawfulness.
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