Planning appeal decision
62 Cranbrook Road, Poole, BH12 3BT
Planning appeal 3285738 at 62 Cranbrook Road, Poole, BH12 3BT (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was allowed on 29 June 2022 by Inspector Shields T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded.
Existing use of a building at the rear as a separate independent dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Shields T
- Postcode
- BH12 3BT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded
What decided it
The appellant's evidence of continuous residential use as an independent dwellinghouse from 26 September 2015 was sufficiently precise and unambiguous, and the Council had no contradictory evidence to make it less than probable.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Gravesham BC v SSE & O'Brien [1982] 47 P&CR 142; [1983] JPL 307
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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