Planning appeal decision
Land at Barton End, Horsely, Nailsworth, GL6 0QQ
Planning appeal 3282040 at Land at Barton End, Horsely, Nailsworth, GL6 0QQ (Stroud District Council) was dismissed on 16 February 2022 by Inspector Curnow R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application for a certificate of lawfulness was well-founded.
The use of the land as agricultural land, as defined in Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
- Authority
- Stroud District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- Curnow R
- Postcode
- GL6 0QQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application for a certificate of lawfulness was well-founded
What decided it
The Appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probability that the land was used for the purposes of a trade or business at the time the application was made, which is a requirement of the Class A definition of 'Agricultural Land'.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Belmont Farm v MHLG [1962] 13 P&CR 417
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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