®Planning appeal decision
Land South of Harting Coombe House, Sandy Lane, Rake, Rogate, West Sussex, GU33 7JF
without planning permission the material change of use of the land the stationing of a mobile shepherd’s hut for the purposes of human habitation together with the use of a wooden building (in the approximate position shown on the plan attached to the notice) for the purposes of human habitation
- Authority
- South Downs
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the shepherd's hut and wooden building enforced against were brought into continuous use for the purposes of human habitation for the relevant period of four years before the issue of the notice (ie 5 August 2017)
What decided it
The appellant failed to produce evidence demonstrating continuous use for human habitation for more than four years before the notice was issued, with the refurbishment and marketing of the structures as tourist accommodation in Summer 2018 constituting a material change in use.
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