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Dismissed12 January 20233272637

Land East of Pony Farm, Findon, West Sussex, BN14 0RS

Planning appeal 3272637 at Land East of Pony Farm, Findon, West Sussex, BN14 0RS (South Downs) was dismissed on 12 January 2023 by Inspector Bond V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Authority's refusal in part to grant a lawful development certificate was well founded, turning upon whether the land has been used for the storage of building materials, plant and equipment since on or before 12 September 2009 and continued for ten years without significant interruption.

described as ‘the use of part of the property (including the buildings that have been erected on it) for the storage of building materials, plant and equipment (Use Class B8 as set out in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended)

Authority
South Downs
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Bond V
Postcode
BN14 0RS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Authority's refusal in part to grant a lawful development certificate was well founded, turning upon whether the land has been used for the storage of building materials, plant and equipment since on or before 12 September 2009 and continued for ten years without significant interruption

What decided it

The appellant's evidence was not sufficiently precise and unambiguous to demonstrate ten years' continuous use of the land for storage of building materials, plant and equipment on the balance of probability.

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