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Dismissed12 January 20243308583

The Lock House , Trent Lane , Great Haywood , Staffordshire , ST18 0ST

Planning appeal 3308583 at The Lock House , Trent Lane , Great Haywood , Staffordshire , ST18 0ST (Stafford Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 January 2024 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether a refusal of the application for a certificate of lawful use would have been well-founded, specifically whether the use of the buildings as a single dwelling commenced at least 4 years before 2 March 2022 and continued without significant interruption.

Certificate of lawful use for use as a single dwellinghouse

Authority
Stafford Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Hitchcock R
Postcode
ST18 0ST

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether a refusal of the application for a certificate of lawful use would have been well-founded, specifically whether the use of the buildings as a single dwelling commenced at least 4 years before 2 March 2022 and continued without significant interruption

What decided it

The appellant's evidence was insufficiently precise and ambiguous regarding when residential use commenced and whether it persisted continuously for four years prior to the application, failing to discharge the burden of proof required for a certificate of lawful use.

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