Summer House, Land to the South of 44 The Cliff, Brighton, BN2 5RE

Planning appeal 3268281 at Summer House, Land to the South of 44 The Cliff, Brighton, BN2 5RE (Brighton and Hove City Council) was dismissed on 1 November 2021 by Inspector Jones L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, specifically whether the appellant can show on the balance of probabilities that the appeal building has been in use as an independent single dwellinghouse (Class C3) for a substantially uninterrupted period of four years commencing on or before 16 September 2020.

as an independent single dwellinghouse (C3)

Authority: Brighton and Hove City Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Jones L
Postcode: BN2 5RE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, specifically whether the appellant can show on the balance of probabilities that the appeal building has been in use as an independent single dwellinghouse (Class C3) for a substantially uninterrupted period of four years commencing on or before 16 September 2020

What decided it

The inconsistencies between the appellant's earlier statements to the Council about the summer house's use and the current claim of independent residential use, combined with the ambiguity in the tenancy agreements regarding exclusive occupation and the lack of sufficiently precise evidence of continuous occupation, meant the appellant could not demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the building had been used as an independent single dwellinghouse for the required four-year period.

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