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Dismissed23 June 20253333844

Former Security Hut at Albany Stud Farm, Epping New Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5UA

Planning appeal 3333844 at Former Security Hut at Albany Stud Farm, Epping New Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5UA (Epping Forest District Council) was dismissed on 23 June 2025 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appellant has demonstrated on the balance of probability that the security hut became a single dwellinghouse on or before 1 September 2019 and continued in use as such for a period of 4 years without significant interruption.

described in the appeal form as follows: “Existing use of a former security hut as a single self-contained dwellinghouse”

Authority
Epping Forest District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Ghafoor A
Postcode
IG9 5UA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the appellant has demonstrated on the balance of probability that the security hut became a single dwellinghouse on or before 1 September 2019 and continued in use as such for a period of 4 years without significant interruption

What decided it

The appellant failed to clearly and unambiguously demonstrate when the security hut became a dwelling capable of affording facilities for day-to-day domestic existence, and the evidence of occupation and use was incomplete, lacking in specificity and detail.

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