®Planning appeal decision
Split Decision28 March 20243313676
Land to the south of Trunks House , Trunks Alley, SWANLEY, BR8 7QL
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
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.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.