Planning appeal decision
Holland House, Hoads Farm, Moat Lane, Westfield, TN33 0RY
Planning appeal 3294238 at Holland House, Hoads Farm, Moat Lane, Westfield, TN33 0RY (Rother District Council) was dismissed on 6 March 2023 by Inspector Madge M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded.
Use of land for the siting of a mobile home for human habitation
- Authority
- Rother District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Madge M
- Postcode
- TN33 0RY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probability that the land had been used for the stationing of a mobile home for human habitation for any 10-year period starting on or before 22 April 2011.
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