Planning appeal decision
Lower Punchbowl Farm, Hyde Lane, Churt, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2LR
Planning appeal 3267733 at Lower Punchbowl Farm, Hyde Lane, Churt, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2LR (Waverley Borough Council) was dismissed on 15 December 2021 by Inspector Steen A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether, had the authority refused the application, their refusal would have been well-founded.
Appeal A: temporary use of a caravan for the construction of a barn; Appeal B: replacement caravan for agricultural purposes
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Steen A
- Postcode
- GU10 2LR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether, had the authority refused the application, their refusal would have been well-founded
What decided it
In Appeal A, the lack of progress with barn construction made it unlikely that works were taking place on the relevant date; in Appeal B, the absence of precise and unambiguous evidence that seasonal caravan occupation was required for the agricultural operations on the relevant date.
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