Manor House Farm, Addington Road, Woodford, Northamptonshire, NN14 4ES

Planning appeal 3263890 at Manor House Farm, Addington Road, Woodford, Northamptonshire, NN14 4ES (East Northamptonshire District Council *) was dismissed on 22 June 2021 by Inspector Harbottle M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the appellant can show on the balance of probability that the structure and its residential use are lawful due to the passage of time.

Residential use of a caravan (brought onto the site in 2014 and continuously occupied as a private dwelling)

Authority: East Northamptonshire District Council *
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Householder developments
Inspector: Harbottle M
Postcode: NN14 4ES

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the appellant can show on the balance of probability that the structure and its residential use are lawful due to the passage of time

What decided it

The structure remained a caravan capable of being moved (subject to removal of the lean-to extension and other detachable elements) and had not been present for the 10-year period required to establish lawfulness of the residential use of land for stationing a caravan.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Cardiff Rating Authority v Guest Keen Baldwin's Iron & Steel Co Ltd [1949] 1 KB 385; Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v SSETR (No 2) [2000] 2 PLR 102; Measor v SSETR & Tunbridge Wells DC [1999] JPL 182

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