Planning appeal decision
Lees Hill, South Warnborough, Hook, Hampshire, RG29 1RQ
Planning appeal 3315631 at Lees Hill, South Warnborough, Hook, Hampshire, RG29 1RQ (Hart District Council) was allowed on 6 February 2024 by Inspector Bale M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the land has been used as a domestic garden in association with Lees Farm for a period in excess of ten years before the application was made.
as a domestic garden in association with the dwellinghouse ‘Lees Farm
- Authority
- Hart District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bale M
- Postcode
- RG29 1RQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the land has been used as a domestic garden in association with Lees Farm for a period in excess of ten years before the application was made
What decided it
The evidence of regular domestic recreational use from 2007, the cessation of agricultural use in 2010 marked by the erection of fencing and pedestrian gates, and the continuation of this use substantially uninterrupted through the ten-year period, including during the temporary relocation, established that the land had been used as a domestic garden for more than ten years before the application.
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