Land to the South of Trunks House , Trunks Alley, Swanley, BR8 7QL

Planning appeal 3313676 at Land to the South of Trunks House , Trunks Alley, Swanley, BR8 7QL (London Borough of Bromley) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 28 March 2024 by Inspector Jones R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the use of the site for vehicle storage and mechanical and bodywork repairs with associated external parking materially changed at least ten years before 26 August 2011 and continued without material interruption for at least ten years thereafter.

vehicle storage and mechanical and bodywork repairs with associated external parking

Authority: London Borough of Bromley
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Jones R
Postcode: BR8 7QL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the use of the site for vehicle storage and mechanical and bodywork repairs with associated external parking materially changed at least ten years before 26 August 2011 and continued without material interruption for at least ten years thereafter

What decided it

The aerial photographs provided clear corroborating evidence that the northern part of the site had been used for vehicle storage and parking continuously from at least 2003 to 2021, establishing the ten-year immunity period, whereas the same photographs demonstrated that the southern part had ceased such use by 2006 and did not resume it prior to the material date.

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