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Dismissed4 March 20253306092

Unit 5, The Mazes, East Street, Braintree, Essex, CM7 3JJ

Planning appeal 3306092 at Unit 5, The Mazes, East Street, Braintree, Essex, CM7 3JJ (Braintree District Council) was dismissed on 4 March 2025 by Inspector Preston C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use described was lawful at the time the application was made and whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Existing Lawful Use was well-founded.

described on the application form as: Used as a light Industrial building within the user clause of B2-B8 for over 50 years but supported by documentary evidence of 32 years

Authority
Braintree District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Preston C
Postcode
CM7 3JJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the use described was lawful at the time the application was made and whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Existing Lawful Use was well-founded

What decided it

The applicant's evidence was insufficiently precise and ambiguous as to the nature of activities carried on, failing to meet the balance of probability test required to demonstrate an existing lawful use.

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