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Dismissed24 February 20263334659

Land to the North of Keepers Cottage, Oak Lane, Shillinglee, GU8 4SQ

Planning appeal 3334659 at Land to the North of Keepers Cottage, Oak Lane, Shillinglee, GU8 4SQ (Chichester District Council) was dismissed on 24 February 2026 by Inspector Freer P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, specifically whether the appellant has shown on the balance of probability that the mixed use of business activities and private amenity land would have been lawful on the date of application.

described as a mixed use of business activities and private amenity land (Sui Generis). Summary

Authority
Chichester District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Change of use
Inspector
Freer P
Postcode
GU8 4SQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, specifically whether the appellant has shown on the balance of probability that the mixed use of business activities and private amenity land would have been lawful on the date of application

What decided it

The appellant's evidence was insufficiently precise and unambiguous to show that a mixed use of business activities and private amenity land had been taking place continuously for ten years, particularly given the complete absence of any reference to business activities in the witness statements and the contradiction with the prior 2016 appeal decision describing the use as purely private amenity.

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