Planning appeal decision
Sugarbrook Nurseries, Sugarbrook Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 3AU
Planning appeal 3348680 at Sugarbrook Nurseries, Sugarbrook Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 3AU (Bromsgrove District Council) was dismissed on 7 April 2025 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawfulness is well-founded.
‘business storage, equestrian, residential amenity land and embankment as shown on the submitted plan and described in the evidence’
- Authority
- Bromsgrove District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- B60 3AU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawfulness is well-founded
What decided it
The appellant's evidence was not sufficiently precise and unambiguous to show on the balance of probabilities that the use commenced on or before 12 April 2014 and continued without significant interruption for at least ten years.
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