Planning appeal decision
Land at Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxfordshire, OX1 5DZ
Planning appeal 3346774 at Land at Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxfordshire, OX1 5DZ (Vale of White Horse District Council) was dismissed on 30 September 2025 by Inspector Kean G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether planning permission P73/V0396 for a dwelling and garage was lawfully implemented within the two-year commencement period.
lawful implementation of planning permission P73/V0396 which granted consent for a dwelling and garage
- Authority
- Vale of White Horse District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Kean G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether planning permission P73/V0396 for a dwelling and garage was lawfully implemented within the two-year commencement period
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide precise and unambiguous evidence sufficient to demonstrate on the balance of probability that the permission was implemented by the two-year deadline of 16 October 1975, and therefore the permission lapsed.
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