Langton View Stables, Thorpe Langton Road, East Langton, Market Harborough, LE16 7WD

Planning appeal 3330809 at Langton View Stables, Thorpe Langton Road, East Langton, Market Harborough, LE16 7WD (Harborough District Council) was allowed on 1 November 2024 by Inspector Boffin D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well-founded.

existing use for the primary and permanent residential (C3) occupation of an existing building associated with Langton View Stables, Thorpe Langton Road, East Langton, Leicestershire, LE16 7WD

Authority: Harborough District Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Boffin D
Postcode: LE16 7WD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The main issue is whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well-founded.

What decided it

The Inspector concluded that the appellant's conduct, while inaccurate and misleading in places, did not amount to the positive deception or deliberate concealment required to engage the Welwyn Hatfield principle, so the four-year immunity period under section 171B(2) applied.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2011] UKSC 159; Jackson v SSCLG [2015] EWHC 20 (Admin); Fidler v SSCLG [2011] EWCA Civ 115910

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