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Allowed10 January 20243330932

Home Pasture, Top Road,, Wimbish Green, Essex, Saffron Walden, CB10 2XJ

Planning appeal 3330932 at Home Pasture, Top Road,, Wimbish Green, Essex, Saffron Walden, CB10 2XJ (Uttlesford District Council) was allowed on 10 January 2024 by Inspector Walker A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue in the appeal is whether or not the Council's decision to refuse to issue the LDC was well-founded.

the creation of a dwelling

Authority
Uttlesford District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Walker A
Postcode
CB10 2XJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The main issue in the appeal is whether or not the Council's decision to refuse to issue the LDC was well-founded.

What decided it

The Inspector's finding, on the balance of probabilities, that the appellant had shown sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence—principally statutory declarations and photographic evidence—of continuous residential use of the stable's 'sitting-up' area for more than four years before the relevant date.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Gravesham BC v SSE & O'Brien [1983] JPL 306; Thurrock BC v SSETR & Holding [2002] EWCA Civ 226

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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