®Planning appeal decision
7 Grayling Close, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2BA
Planning appeal 3300613 at 7 Grayling Close, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2BA (Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *) was dismissed on 7 November 2022 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use in respect of the use of the site as residential garden was well-founded, turning on whether the appellant has shown on the balance of probability that such use was lawful at the date of application.
described on the application form as “residential garden
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- SL7 2BA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use in respect of the use of the site as residential garden was well-founded, turning on whether the appellant has shown on the balance of probability that such use was lawful at the date of application
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficiently clear, compelling, precise and unambiguous evidence to show on the balance of probability that the material change of use to residential garden commenced more than ten years prior to the application date and continued throughout the required period.
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