15 Crondal Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7BG

Planning appeal 3343161 at 15 Crondal Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7BG (Waverley Borough Council) was dismissed on 11 November 2025 by Inspector Bond V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate was well-founded, which turns on whether the appeal development was lawful as at the date of the LDC application.

Stationing of shipping container within rear garden of site edged red on accompanying plan

Authority: Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Bond V
Postcode: GU9 7BG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate was well-founded, which turns on whether the appeal development was lawful as at the date of the LDC application

What decided it

The shipping container, assessed as a matter of fact and degree against the established case law tests of size, permanence and affixation, constitutes operational development requiring planning permission and does not qualify as permitted development under Class E.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v SSETR (No. 2) [2002] EWCA Civ 5569; R (oao Save the Woolley Valley Action Group) v Bath and North East Somerset Council [2012] EWHC 2161 (Admin); Cardiff Rating Authority v Guest Keen Baldwin's Iron and Steel Co Ltd [1949] 1QB 385; Barvis Limited SSE and Anor [171] P&CR 1710; Dill v SSCLG & Stratford-on-Avon DC [2020] UKSC 20; Cheshire CC v Woodward [1962] 2 QB 126; R (oao Hall Hunter Partnership) v FSS & Waverley BC [2006] EWHC 3482 (Admin)

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