Planning appeal decision
Melita Nursery, Chalk Lane, Sidlesham, Chichester, PO20 7LW
Planning appeal 3275600 at Melita Nursery, Chalk Lane, Sidlesham, Chichester, PO20 7LW (Chichester District Council) was dismissed on 1 March 2022 by Inspector Symons G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the construction of a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) was substantially completed for at least 4 years by the date of the LDC application (22 October 2016).
construction and use of a building as a single dwelling-house falling with use class C3
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Symons G
- Postcode
- PO20 7LW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the construction of a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) was substantially completed for at least 4 years by the date of the LDC application (22 October 2016)
What decided it
The appellant's evidence was not sufficiently precise and unambiguous to show that a single dwellinghouse had probably been substantially completed by the material date of 22 October 2016, as required by section 171B(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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