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Split Decision7 May 20253349950

Field House Babylon Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, KT20 6XE

Planning appeal 3349950 at Field House Babylon Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, KT20 6XE (Reigate and Banstead Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 7 May 2025 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness was well founded.

Use of land as residential garden land

Authority
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Buchanan R
Postcode
KT20 6XE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness was well founded

What decided it

The appellant demonstrated on the balance of probabilities that use of part of the land as residential garden land had begun 10 years before the relevant date and continued without significant interruption, but failed to establish this for all of the land with sufficient precision and unambiguity.

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