Planning appeal decision
Delspride Kent Street, Cowfold, Horsham, RH13 8BB
Planning appeal 3305969 at Delspride Kent Street, Cowfold, Horsham, RH13 8BB (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 24 August 2023 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use of the property as a residential dwelling without compliance with the conditions attached to planning permission CF/22/92 is lawful.
described as the continued use of Delspride, Kent Street, Cowfold, RH13 8BB, as a residential dwelling (Use Class C3) with associated residential curtilage (driveway, garage, parking area and garden) without compliance with planning permission CF/22/92 and the associated conditions
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- RH13 8BB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use of the property as a residential dwelling without compliance with the conditions attached to planning permission CF/22/92 is lawful
What decided it
Condition 04 of planning permission CF/22/92 restricts occupation of the dwelling to persons employed in agriculture or forestry and their dependents, and this condition remains binding and unimplemented, preventing certification of the use as lawful.
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