Planning appeal decision
Buildings on Land Adjacent Pebble Court Farm,, Woodgate Lane, Borden, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7QB
Planning appeal 3276153 at Buildings on Land Adjacent Pebble Court Farm,, Woodgate Lane, Borden, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7QB (Swale Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 February 2022 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal building is in use as an agricultural building and whether the appeal site was used solely for an agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on 20 March 2013, or if the appeal building was not in use on that date, when it was last in use.
change of use of agricultural building to 1no. dwelling and associated operational development
- Authority
- Swale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Douglas L
- Postcode
- ME9 7QB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal building is in use as an agricultural building and whether the appeal site was used solely for an agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on 20 March 2013, or if the appeal building was not in use on that date, when it was last in use
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate that the appeal building was last in use for agricultural purposes as part of an established agricultural unit before 20 March 2013, as required by Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO.
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