Planning appeal decision
Land Between 37 and 41 Fairview Road, Headley Down, Bordon, GU35 8EJ
Planning appeal 3268002 at Land Between 37 and 41 Fairview Road, Headley Down, Bordon, GU35 8EJ (East Hampshire District Council) was allowed on 7 January 2022 by Inspector Symons G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the building has been used as a self-contained dwellinghouse (C3 use) over a substantially uninterrupted basis for at least four years by the material date.
Continuous residential sole occupancy of a building for a period in excess of 4 years
- Authority
- East Hampshire District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Symons G
- Postcode
- GU35 8EJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the building has been used as a self-contained dwellinghouse (C3 use) over a substantially uninterrupted basis for at least four years by the material date
What decided it
The consistent and credible evidence from diary entries and multiple witness statements established that the building had been converted to and continuously occupied as a self-contained C3 dwellinghouse for substantially more than four years prior to the application date.
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