Planning appeal decision
The Mulberrys Desford Road, Thurlaston Village, Thurlaston, Leicestershire, LE9 7TE
Planning appeal 3329168 at The Mulberrys Desford Road, Thurlaston Village, Thurlaston, Leicestershire, LE9 7TE (Blaby District Council) was dismissed on 30 January 2025 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appellant has proved on the balance of probability that the use of the property has changed to garden land under a C3 residential use on or before 28 February 2013 and that the use then continued for 10 years after the date of the change.
described on the application form as “use of land associated with the residential dwelling known as ‘The Mulberrys’ as its residential curtilage”
- Authority
- Blaby District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Phillips A
- Postcode
- LE9 7TE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appellant has proved on the balance of probability that the use of the property has changed to garden land under a C3 residential use on or before 28 February 2013 and that the use then continued for 10 years after the date of the change
What decided it
The appellant's evidence was not sufficiently precise and unambiguous to clearly demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the land in question had been used as garden land under C3 residential use for the required continuous 10-year period.
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