Planning appeal decision
Blackthorn Stables, Haye Down, Tavistock, PL19 0NN
Planning appeal 3294429 at Blackthorn Stables, Haye Down, Tavistock, PL19 0NN (West Devon Borough Council) was dismissed on 1 August 2022 by Inspector Curnow R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application for a certificate of lawfulness was well-founded.
Use of building as a single residential dwellinghouse
- Authority
- West Devon Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Curnow R
- Postcode
- PL19 0NN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application for a certificate of lawfulness was well-founded
What decided it
The Appellants' evidence was insufficient and imprecise to demonstrate on the balance of probability that the building had been used continuously as a dwellinghouse for the required four-year period.
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