®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed12 January 20233272637
Land East of Pony Farm, Findon, West Sussex, BN14 0RS
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
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.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.