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Allowed28 July 20253348629

Greenwood High Road, Fobbing, Stanford-Le-Hope, SS17 9HN

Planning appeal 3348629 at Greenwood High Road, Fobbing, Stanford-Le-Hope, SS17 9HN (Thurrock Borough Council) was allowed on 28 July 2025 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the Council's refusal of the LDC was well-founded.

r etain and continue the use of a timber outbuilding as a self-contained annex (ancillary to the main dwelling)

Authority
Thurrock Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Walker A
Postcode
SS17 9HN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether or not the Council's refusal of the LDC was well-founded

What decided it

The appellant provided sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence demonstrating that the outbuilding was substantially completed more than 4 years before the application date, placing it beyond the enforcement period.

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