Planning appeal decision
Crift Farm, Lanlivery, Bodmin, PL30 5DE
Planning appeal 3305351 at Crift Farm, Lanlivery, Bodmin, PL30 5DE (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 25 August 2023 by Inspector Curnow R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawfulness was well-founded.
Land as shown on the site location plan edged in red has been in lawful residential use in connection with Crift Farm dwellinghouse continuously since at least 1994
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Curnow R
- Postcode
- PL30 5DE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawfulness was well-founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence to prove on the balance of probability that the land had been in continuous residential use for the required 10-year period prior to the application date.
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