Brackendale, St James Road, Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire, EN7 6TR

Planning appeal 3342448 at Brackendale, St James Road, Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire, EN7 6TR (Broxbourne Borough Council) was allowed on 11 October 2024 by Inspector Allen M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the decision of the Council to refuse the certificate was well-founded, turning on whether the appellant has proved on the balance of probability that the site has been used as a Carpentry workshop falling within Use Class E(g)(iii), for a continuous period of ten years prior to the date of the application being made, and that the use continued for 10 years after the date of change without having been abandoned or otherwise lost.

Carpentry workshop falling within Use Class E(g)(iii)

Authority: Broxbourne Borough Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: employment-industrial · Minor offices/R&D/light industry
Inspector: Allen M
Postcode: EN7 6TR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the decision of the Council to refuse the certificate was well-founded, turning on whether the appellant has proved on the balance of probability that the site has been used as a Carpentry workshop falling within Use Class E(g)(iii), for a continuous period of ten years prior to the date of the application being made, and that the use continued for 10 years after the date of change without having been abandoned or otherwise lost

What decided it

The credible, unambiguous sworn evidence of the appellant and witnesses that the carpentry workshop use had continued without material interruption for the requisite ten-year period.

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