Planning appeal decision
5 Greenbanks Close, Milford on Sea, SO41 0SQ
Planning appeal 3278351 at 5 Greenbanks Close, Milford on Sea, SO41 0SQ (New Forest District Council) was allowed on 24 May 2022 by Inspector Moss J, 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 residential garden associated with 5 Greenbanks Close
- Authority
- New Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moss J
- Postcode
- SO41 0SQ
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 appellants' statutory declaration, corroborated by third-party evidence and the Inspector's site observations of a well-maintained residential garden, was sufficiently precise and unambiguous to satisfy the balance of probabilities test, with no contradictory evidence from the Council.
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