The Cottage, New Manor Farm, Ellington Road, Woolley, Huntingdon, PE28 5BH

Planning appeal 3348935 at The Cottage, New Manor Farm, Ellington Road, Woolley, Huntingdon, PE28 5BH (Huntingdonshire District Council) was allowed on 12 May 2025 by Inspector Willows P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the property was continuously occupied as independent living accommodation in breach of Condition 3 for a sufficient period to gain immunity from enforcement action.

Occupation as a dwelling without compliance with Condition 3 of Planning Permission Ref 9600408FUL (erection of dwelling with ancillary use restriction)

Authority: Huntingdonshire District Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Willows P
Postcode: PE28 5BH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the property was continuously occupied as independent living accommodation in breach of Condition 3 for a sufficient period to gain immunity from enforcement action

What decided it

The property had been continuously occupied in breach of Condition 3 for a 10-year period from 24 July 2011 to 24 July 2021, establishing immunity from enforcement action, and brief periods of non-occupation thereafter could not extinguish that lawful right.

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