Planning appeal decision
Long Pightle Caravan Site Chandlers Lane, Chandlers Cross, Rickmansworth, WD3 4NE
Planning appeal 3286818 at Long Pightle Caravan Site Chandlers Lane, Chandlers Cross, Rickmansworth, WD3 4NE (Three Rivers District Council) was allowed on 23 June 2023 by Inspector Moss J, 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.
the use of land as amenity space provision in connection with mobile home park
- Authority
- Three Rivers District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moss J
- Postcode
- WD3 4NE
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
What decided it
The detailed, consistent and corroborated evidence in statutory declarations demonstrating continuous use of the land for storage and recreational purposes incidental to the mobile home park for over ten years satisfied the balance of probability test required for a lawful development certificate.
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