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Allowed2 February 20233301174

2-4 Stavordale Road, Weymouth, DT4 0AB

Planning appeal 3301174 at 2-4 Stavordale Road, Weymouth, DT4 0AB (Dorset) was allowed on 2 February 2023 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness is well founded.

described as: Certificate of lawfulness demonstrating that planning permission reference WP/15/00307/FUL was lawfully commenced

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Other minor developments
Inspector
Hocking P
Postcode
DT4 0AB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness is well founded

What decided it

The appellant demonstrated on the balance of probabilities that a material operation (digging of a trench for foundations) was begun before the expiration of the planning permission, as evidenced by photographs, Building Control records, and the Inspector's site observations.

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