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Dismissed6 September 20243343201

The Lodge, Uplands Park, Park Lane, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5LA

Planning appeal 3343201 at The Lodge, Uplands Park, Park Lane, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5LA (Waverley Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 September 2024 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, with particular regard to whether the proposal would comprise development requiring planning permission.

the proposed siting of shipping container within the land edged red on the accompanying plan for use ancillary to the lawful residential use of the land

Authority
Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Douglas L
Postcode
GU8 5LA

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, with particular regard to whether the proposal would comprise development requiring planning permission

What decided it

The appellant's evidence was not sufficiently precise and unambiguous to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that siting a shipping container on the land would not constitute building operations requiring planning permission, given the uncertainty about the container's specifications, permanence, and the significant building or engineering operations likely needed to site it in many locations on the land.

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