Planning appeal decision
Sutton Park Farm, Polly Glovers Lane, West Meon, GU32 1JS
Planning appeal 3278669 at Sutton Park Farm, Polly Glovers Lane, West Meon, GU32 1JS (South Downs) was dismissed on 1 February 2022 by Inspector Symons G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the C3 residential use of the appeal building commenced no later than 20 November 2015 and continued substantially uninterrupted for the four-year period required under section 171B(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
a dwelling C3 residential use
- Authority
- South Downs
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Symons G
- Postcode
- GU32 1JS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the C3 residential use of the appeal building commenced no later than 20 November 2015 and continued substantially uninterrupted for the four-year period required under section 171B(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence to demonstrate that C3 residential use had commenced by 20 November 2015 and continued substantially uninterrupted for the required four-year period, with contradictory neighbour evidence and defective supporting documentation undermining the case.
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