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Dismissed30 January 20253322141

Shalimar, Well Lane, St. Margarets-at-Cliffe, Dover, CT15 6AA

Planning appeal 3322141 at Shalimar, Well Lane, St. Margarets-at-Cliffe, Dover, CT15 6AA (Dover District Council) was dismissed on 30 January 2025 by Inspector Hand S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether on the balance of probabilities the land in question has been used for residential purposes for a period of 10 years or more prior to August 2022.

the continued use of land as residential garden

Authority
Dover District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Hand S
Postcode
CT15 6AA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether on the balance of probabilities the land in question has been used for residential purposes for a period of 10 years or more prior to August 2022

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the land was used continuously and regularly for residential purposes for the full 10-year period prior to August 2022, with significant gaps in evidence and uncertainty created by the scale and duration of building materials storage.

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