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Allowed31 October 20253336769

Midsummer Lodge Heath End Road, Little Kingshill, Great Missenden, HP16 0EB

Planning appeal 3336769 at Midsummer Lodge Heath End Road, Little Kingshill, Great Missenden, HP16 0EB (Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *) was allowed on 31 October 2025 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use of the land as builders yard/storage had subsisted continuously for a period in excess of ten years prior to 27 September 2023, such that it would be immune from enforcement action.

Builders yard/storage use

Authority
Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Braithwaite J
Postcode
HP16 0EB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the use of the land as builders yard/storage had subsisted continuously for a period in excess of ten years prior to 27 September 2023, such that it would be immune from enforcement action

What decided it

The combination of three credible statutory declarations corroborated by historical photographs from 2013 showing containers and building materials on the land provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate on the balance of probability that the use had subsisted continuously for the required ten-year period.

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