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Allowed21 May 20243313394

The Cottage, Stream Farm, Chaple Lane, Guestling Green, Guestling, TN35 4HN

Planning appeal 3313394 at The Cottage, Stream Farm, Chaple Lane, Guestling Green, Guestling, TN35 4HN (Rother District Council) was allowed on 21 May 2024 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well-founded, with particular regard to whether The Cottage had been occupied as a single dwellinghouse independently of Stream Farmhouse for a continuous period of at least 4 years before the date of the application.

the use of the garage building as a residential dwelling

Authority
Rother District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Douglas L
Postcode
TN35 4HN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well-founded, with particular regard to whether The Cottage had been occupied as a single dwellinghouse independently of Stream Farmhouse for a continuous period of at least 4 years before the date of the application

What decided it

The statutory declarations supported by building insurance evidence and photographs demonstrating continuous independent occupation as a single dwellinghouse for at least 4 years before the application, with no contradictory evidence from the Council.

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