Planning appeal decision
The Two Brewers, Bushmead Road, Staploe, PE19 8JG
Planning appeal 3311312 at The Two Brewers, Bushmead Road, Staploe, PE19 8JG (Bedford Borough Council) was allowed on 18 September 2024 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site's incidental residential use as garden is lawful due to the passage of time and continuous use for a period of 10 years beginning on or before 16 July 2011.
Incidental residential use as garden of land to the east of the dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Bedford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Ghafoor A
- Postcode
- PE19 8JG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site's incidental residential use as garden is lawful due to the passage of time and continuous use for a period of 10 years beginning on or before 16 July 2011
What decided it
The credible and corroborated sworn evidence that the appeal site had been used for incidental residential purposes as a garden for a continuous 10-year period prior to the relevant date, combined with the absence of any contradictory evidence from the Council.
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