®Planning appeal decision
Guys Farm Cottage, Woodham Walter, MALDON, Essex, CM9 6LW
use as a single dwellinghouse (and its associated curtilage) within class C3 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) of the property known as Guys Cottage, Man or Road, Woodham Walter, CM9 6LW
- Authority
- Maldon District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hartley D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well founded with particular regard as to whether the property falling within the red edge of drawing No. LPV3, submitted with the LDC application, is lawfully a use class C3 dwellinghouse (including the identified associated curtilage)
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence on the balance of probability to demonstrate four continuous years of use as an independent class C3 dwellinghouse, particularly given the contradictions in her own correspondence and the significant gaps in the claimed tenancy periods.
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.