Planning appeal decision
Caravan Located to the East of The Old Pump House, Town Bent, Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3QH
Planning appeal 3274576 at Caravan Located to the East of The Old Pump House, Town Bent, Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3QH (Hyndburn Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 August 2021 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the mobile home has been occupied independently and continuously for more than ten years prior to the date of the application to justify a certificate of lawful use.
Use of a single static mobile home as a dwelling and the use of the associated land for domestic purposes
- Authority
- Hyndburn Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Braithwaite J
- Postcode
- BB5 3QH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the mobile home has been occupied independently and continuously for more than ten years prior to the date of the application to justify a certificate of lawful use
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficient precise and unambiguous evidence to demonstrate on the balance of probability that the mobile home had been continuously and independently occupied for more than ten years prior to the application date.
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