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Allowed16 December 20243330869

Ropewalk Farm, Anchor Road, Langley Mill, Nottingham, NG16 3RU

Planning appeal 3330869 at Ropewalk Farm, Anchor Road, Langley Mill, Nottingham, NG16 3RU (Broxtowe Borough Council) was allowed on 16 December 2024 by Inspector Hainsworth D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusals to grant certificates of lawful use were well-founded based on sufficiency of evidence that the uses had been established and continued for the required periods.

Certificate of lawful use for existing mixed use as residential dwelling and builder's yard with commercial vehicle parking (Appeal A) and existing use as dwellinghouse Class C3 (Appeal B)

Authority
Broxtowe Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Hainsworth D
Postcode
NG16 3RU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's refusals to grant certificates of lawful use were well-founded based on sufficiency of evidence that the uses had been established and continued for the required periods

What decided it

The detailed and corroborated evidence supplied by the appellant, containing personal and incidental particulars, was sufficiently precise and unambiguous to satisfy the balance of probabilities that the uses had been established and continued for the required periods, notwithstanding the absence of official records.

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