Planning appeal decision
Damian Cottage Tyler Hill Road, Tyler Hill, Canterbury, CT2 9LU
Planning appeal 3297713 at Damian Cottage Tyler Hill Road, Tyler Hill, Canterbury, CT2 9LU (Canterbury City Council) was allowed on 19 March 2024 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the refusal of the LDC application by the Council was well-founded.
Use of land as domestic garden
- Authority
- Canterbury City Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Walker A
- Postcode
- CT2 9LU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the refusal of the LDC application by the Council was well-founded
What decided it
The appellant provided sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence, including photographs from April 2011 and independent third-party corroboration, demonstrating continuous domestic garden use for more than 10 years from the relevant date, thereby acquiring immunity from enforcement action.
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