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Dismissed24 September 20253326609

The Rear of Thatched Cottage, Green Lane, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, CM0 8PX

Planning appeal 3326609 at The Rear of Thatched Cottage, Green Lane, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, CM0 8PX (Maldon District Council) was dismissed on 24 September 2025 by Inspector Dyer S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the Council's decision to refuse the application for a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded.

use of the property as a private dwellinghouse (and its associated curtilage)

Authority
Maldon District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Dyer S
Postcode
CM0 8PX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether or not the Council's decision to refuse the application for a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded

What decided it

The lack of clear and unambiguous evidence that The Cabin was being used as an independent dwelling between 13 January 2019 and 20 April 2020, a significant part of the relevant four-year period required to establish lawfulness.

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