Planning appeal decision
The Orchard, Fishers Place , Ringstead Bay , Dorset , DT2 8NG
Planning appeal 3308324 at The Orchard, Fishers Place , Ringstead Bay , Dorset , DT2 8NG (Dorset) was dismissed on 3 February 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 is well founded.
The use of Area A for storage (B8)
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Hocking P
- Postcode
- DT2 8NG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness is well founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that sales from the site were merely ancillary to storage, rather than constituting a material change of use to mixed-use.
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