®Planning appeal decision
2 Grove Terrace, Brighouse, HD6 2RF
Planning appeal 3302731 at 2 Grove Terrace, Brighouse, HD6 2RF (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 March 2023 by Inspector Wharton T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appellant has demonstrated, on the balance of probability, that at the time of the LDC application the access and the use of the land for parking a car was lawful, requiring a continuous use over a 10 year period.
The creation of a vehicular access and use of the land for parking a car
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Wharton T
- Postcode
- HO6 2RF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appellant has demonstrated, on the balance of probability, that at the time of the LDC application the access and the use of the land for parking a car was lawful, requiring a continuous use over a 10 year period
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide precise and unambiguous evidence of continuous 10-year use of the access and parking area, and the current scheme represents a recent alteration that supersedes any earlier arrangement.
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