Planning appeal decision
Land North Of Hunters Retreat, Shoreham Lane, Halstead, Kent, TN14 7BY
Planning appeal 3275516 at Land North Of Hunters Retreat, Shoreham Lane, Halstead, Kent, TN14 7BY (Sevenoaks District Council) was dismissed on 11 March 2022 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness is well founded.
Storage of roll-on/roll-off bins and skips and portacabin for more than 10 years; and the erection of a building in excess of 4 years
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Hocking P
- Postcode
- TN14 7BY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness is well founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof on the balance of probabilities due to discrepancies in the evidence, lack of response to Council concerns, and observations during the site visit that cast significant doubt on the precision and reliability of the appellant's case.
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