®Planning appeal decision
54 Rowlands Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3JT
Planning appeal 3265481 at 54 Rowlands Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3JT (Worthing Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 November 2021 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawfulness is well founded.
Nine bedsitting rooms, one self-contained flat, and communal facilities comprising bathroom and laundry room
- Authority
- Worthing Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hocking P
- Postcode
- BN11 3JT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawfulness is well founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the existing use of the site is for nine bedsitting rooms and one self-contained flat, given the rooms' provision of independent facilities for private domestic existence.
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