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Dismissed19 October 20223293137

Home Farm, Hythe Road, Smeeth, Ashford, TN25 6SP

Planning appeal 3293137 at Home Farm, Hythe Road, Smeeth, Ashford, TN25 6SP (Ashford Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 October 2022 by Inspector Grierson E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the building was lawfully in agricultural use on 3 July 2012 as part of an established agricultural unit.

prior notification for the change of use of a agricultural building and land within its curtilage to a flexible commercial use (storage/workshop)

Authority
Ashford Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Grierson E
Postcode
TN25 6SP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the building was lawfully in agricultural use on 3 July 2012 as part of an established agricultural unit

What decided it

The appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence to establish that the building was lawfully used solely for agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on 3 July 2012, which is a mandatory requirement for Class R permitted development.

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