®Planning appeal decision
Land to the north of Keepers Cottage, Oak Lane, Shillinglee, GU8 4SQ
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
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.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.