®Planning appeal decision
The Shed, 57 North Cray Road, Sidcup, DA14 5EU
Planning appeal 3288110 at The Shed, 57 North Cray Road, Sidcup, DA14 5EU (London Borough of Bexley) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 6 April 2023 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the land identified in the application has been in use for residential purposes for a period in excess of ten years prior to the date of the application.
use of land identified for residential purposes
- Authority
- London Borough of Bexley
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Braithwaite J
- Postcode
- DA14 5EU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the land identified in the application has been in use for residential purposes for a period in excess of ten years prior to the date of the application
What decided it
The absence of any evidence demonstrating what specific residential purposes the rough grassland had been used for during the ten-year period meant the appellant failed to provide the precise and unambiguous evidence required to establish lawful residential use of that part of the land.
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