Planning appeal decision
Redwood Orchard, Redwood Lane, St. Michaels, Tenbury Wells, Herefordshire, WR15 8TL
Planning appeal 3348937 at Redwood Orchard, Redwood Lane, St. Michaels, Tenbury Wells, Herefordshire, WR15 8TL (Herefordshire Council) was dismissed on 6 January 2025 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful development would have been well-founded had they determined the application.
the stationing on site of a shipping container for use ancillary to the lawful agricultural use of the land
- Authority
- Herefordshire Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Walker A
- Postcode
- WR15 8TL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful development would have been well-founded had they determined the application
What decided it
The evidence was not sufficiently precise and unambiguous to demonstrate that the shipping container would not constitute a building requiring planning permission, given its permanence and physical attachment to the ground.
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