Planning appeal decision
Silverhill Pump House Business Unit, Bodiam Road, Silverhill, Hurst Green, TN19 7QD
Planning appeal 3297672 at Silverhill Pump House Business Unit, Bodiam Road, Silverhill, Hurst Green, TN19 7QD (Rother District Council) was allowed on 8 September 2022 by Inspector Moore D, 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.
proposed change of use of building from Class B8 (storage and distribution) to Class B1a (office)
- Authority
- Rother District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moore D
- Postcode
- TN19 7QD
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 proposed change of use fell within permitted development rights under Class I(a) of the GPDO as it applied on the date of application (22 July 2021), within the transitional period when references to use classes should be read as those applying before the UCO Amendment Regulations came into force.
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