Planning appeal decision
Castlematter Ltd, Tinners Walk, Port Pendennis, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3XZ
Planning appeal 3313430 at Castlematter Ltd, Tinners Walk, Port Pendennis, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3XZ (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 13 May 2024 by Inspector Graham J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use of two storage containers on the car park was lawful at the date of the application by virtue of the ten-year enforcement time limit under section 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
two 20ft containers placed on the car park
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Graham J
- Postcode
- TR11 3XZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use of two storage containers on the car park was lawful at the date of the application by virtue of the ten-year enforcement time limit under section 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The Appellant failed to discharge the evidential burden of demonstrating that the containers were placed on the site by 6 April 2012, with photographic evidence indicating they were placed between June 2014 and August 2015.
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