Planning appeal decision
1 Pleasant Pastures, New Hey Road, Scammonden, Huddersfield, HD3 3FT
Planning appeal 3347064 at 1 Pleasant Pastures, New Hey Road, Scammonden, Huddersfield, HD3 3FT (Kirklees Metropolitan Council) was dismissed on 24 September 2024 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use was well-founded, turning on whether the appellant can demonstrate on the balance of probability that the building has been used continuously for a period of ten years for the repair and refurbishment of plant and machinery.
use of the building on the location plan for the repair and refurbishment of plant and machinery
- Authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- HD3 3FT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use was well-founded, turning on whether the appellant can demonstrate on the balance of probability that the building has been used continuously for a period of ten years for the repair and refurbishment of plant and machinery
What decided it
The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof on the balance of probability that the building had been used continuously for at least ten years for repair and refurbishment of plant and machinery, as the evidence was insufficiently precise and unambiguous.
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