Land South of Harting Coombe House, Sandy Lane, Rake, Rogate, West Sussex, GU33 7JF

Planning appeal 3282722 at Land South of Harting Coombe House, Sandy Lane, Rake, Rogate, West Sussex, GU33 7JF (South Downs) was dismissed on 1 September 2022 by Inspector Sandra Prail, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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).

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
Inspector: Sandra Prail

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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