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Allowed12 June 20233307572

Upper Whitehill Farm, The Studio, White Hill Road, Overton, RG25 3DS

Planning appeal 3307572 at Upper Whitehill Farm, The Studio, White Hill Road, Overton, RG25 3DS (Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council) was allowed on 12 June 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 for an office use was well founded.

Use of first - floor offices known as The Studio contained within The Old Barn

Authority
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Householder developments
Inspector
Hocking P
Postcode
RG25 3DS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness for an office use was well founded

What decided it

The physical condition of the western room, which remained unconverted and void without office fittings, combined with the vague and ambiguous statutory declarations that failed to evidence continuous office use of the entire first-floor, meant the appellant only discharged the burden of proof for the eastern room.

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