Planning appeal decision
Taylor Dredging Site, Bromholme Lane, Brampton, PE29 6GP
Planning appeal 3264918 at Taylor Dredging Site, Bromholme Lane, Brampton, PE29 6GP (Huntingdonshire District Council) was allowed on 13 July 2021 by Inspector Harbottle M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appellant can demonstrate on the balance of probability that the use of the site for storage is lawful due to the passage of time, with use beginning on or before 18 June 2010 and continuing for not less than 10 years without significant interruption.
a storage site within Class B8 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) in association with a river dredging business
- Authority
- Huntingdonshire District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Harbottle M
- Postcode
- PE28 4NE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appellant can demonstrate on the balance of probability that the use of the site for storage is lawful due to the passage of time, with use beginning on or before 18 June 2010 and continuing for not less than 10 years without significant interruption
What decided it
The appeal site was demonstrated to form a single planning unit with the adjacent certified parts of the Taylor Dredging Site, never physically separated, and was used integrally for storage purposes from before 18 June 2010 for at least 10 years without significant interruption.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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