Planning appeal decision
Land at Fripps Cottage, Ashington Lane, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 3DG
Planning appeal 3276044 at Land at Fripps Cottage, Ashington Lane, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 3DG (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was dismissed on 18 October 2021 by Inspector Jarratt P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded.
Use of land as domestic garden land associated with the residential property known as Fripps Cottage
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jarratt P
- Postcode
- BH21 3DG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probability that a material change of use from agriculture to domestic garden land had occurred and continued uninterrupted for 10 years, as contradictory evidence cast doubt on the veracity of the appellant's evidence and the land appeared to be used as a leisure plot rather than domestic garden land.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest RDC [1972] 1 WLR 1207; Gabbitas v SSE & Newham LBC [1985] JPL 630
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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