Planning appeal decision
1 Stone Pit Cottages, Marley Combe Road, Camelsdale, Linchmere, GU27 3SP
Planning appeal 3286009 at 1 Stone Pit Cottages, Marley Combe Road, Camelsdale, Linchmere, GU27 3SP (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 Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded.
rear garden cabin
- Authority
- South Downs
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Sandra Prail
- Postcode
- GU27 3SP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded
- Whether the proposed development would have been lawful at the time of the application
What decided it
The parcel of land on which the cabin would be erected does not have the intimate association with the dwellinghouse required to be reasonably interpreted as within its curtilage, as it is characterised by woodland rather than domestic garden use and lacks the necessary functional connection to the dwelling.
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