Planning appeal decision
Buck Stone Lane, Sutton-in-Craven, Keighley , BD20 7BD
Planning appeal 3263459 at Buck Stone Lane, Sutton-in-Craven, Keighley , BD20 7BD (Craven District Council *) was dismissed on 17 June 2021 by Inspector Moore D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appellant has shown that a material change of use from agricultural use to mixed agricultural and equestrian use took place on or before 16 August 2010, and that the use continued without significant interruption such that enforcement action would have been time-barred.
equestrian and agricultural
- Authority
- Craven District Council *
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moore D
- Postcode
- BD20 7BD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appellant has shown that a material change of use from agricultural use to mixed agricultural and equestrian use took place on or before 16 August 2010, and that the use continued without significant interruption such that enforcement action would have been time-barred
What decided it
The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof on the balance of probabilities that the material change of use occurred on or before 16 August 2010 and continued without significant interruption, as the evidence was incomplete, ambiguous and non-specific.
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