Planning appeal decision
1 Talbot Street, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2QE
Planning appeal 3346426 at 1 Talbot Street, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2QE (Ribble Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 April 2025 by Inspector Boffin D, 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 is well-founded.
Reinstate the hatch to a doorway (formation of a door opening and insertion of a pedestrian door in the front wall of a stone building)
- Authority
- Ribble Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Boffin D
- Postcode
- PR3 2QE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development is well-founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the building operations were substantially completed within the four-year enforcement period prior to the LDC application date, due to conflicting dates and absence of supporting evidence.
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