Planning appeal decision
The Paddock, Magpie Hall Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN26 1HF
Planning appeal 3288463 at The Paddock, Magpie Hall Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN26 1HF (Ashford Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 July 2022 by Inspector Whitfield J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the LPA's decision to refuse the LDC application was well-founded.
use of barn as residential dwelling
- Authority
- Ashford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Whitfield J
- Postcode
- TN26 1HF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the LPA's decision to refuse the LDC application was well-founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise, unambiguous and corroborated evidence to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the material change of use to residential dwelling occurred more than four years before the application date.
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