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Allowed28 March 20253347591

The Old Byre, Sevington, Grittleton, Chippenham , SN15 3HP

Planning appeal 3347591 at The Old Byre, Sevington, Grittleton, Chippenham , SN15 3HP (Wiltshire Council) was allowed on 28 March 2025 by Inspector Blackwell J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether a material change of use of the appeal site to garden has occurred.

garden. Summary

Authority
Wiltshire Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Blackwell J
Postcode
SN14 7LD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether a material change of use of the appeal site to garden has occurred
  • if a material change of use to garden has occurred, whether this use had subsisted continuously and uninterrupted for a period of at least ten years prior to the date of application

What decided it

The appellants demonstrated on the balance of probability that a material change of use to garden had occurred and subsisted continuously for at least ten years prior to application, with the Council presenting insufficient evidence to contradict this, rendering the use lawful and immune from enforcement under section 171B(3) of the 1990 Act.

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