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Dismissed15 January 20253348297

Chapel Cottage Playley Green, Redmarley, Gloucester, GL19 3NB

Planning appeal 3348297 at Chapel Cottage Playley Green, Redmarley, Gloucester, GL19 3NB (Forest of Dean District Council) was dismissed on 15 January 2025 by Inspector Baxter C, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is whether the Council's decision to refuse a LDC was well founded.

Mix use of land as a dwelling (class C3) with ancillary amenity land, and commercial use for the repair, maintenance and tuning of motorcycles and other small engine vehicles and equipment (class E), together with use ancillary thereto

Authority
Forest of Dean District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
other · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Baxter C
Postcode
GL19 3NB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The main issue is whether the Council's decision to refuse a LDC was well founded.

What decided it

The appellant failed to provide sufficiently clear and convincing evidence, on the balance of probability, that a continuous, uninterrupted mixed residential and commercial use of the whole site had occurred for the requisite 10-year period before the application date.

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