®Planning appeal decision
62 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Planning appeal 3290541 at 62 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB (Hastings Borough Council) was dismissed on 11 July 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 lawful development certificate was well-founded.
use of first, second and third floor as a house in multiple occupation
- Authority
- Hastings Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Sandra Prail
- Postcode
- TN37 6DB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate was well-founded
What decided it
The discrepancy between the claimed six-unit use and the actual seven-unit occupation observed at site visit, combined with incomplete tenant and tenancy agreement evidence, meant the Appellants failed to discharge the burden of proof on the balance of probability that the use had been continuous for the required ten-year period.
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