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Dismissed4 August 20253350086

South Lockbarn Cottage Shoreham Road, Upper Beeding, Steyning, BN44 3TU

Planning appeal 3350086 at South Lockbarn Cottage Shoreham Road, Upper Beeding, Steyning, BN44 3TU (South Downs) was dismissed on 4 August 2025 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Authority's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the appellants proved on the balance of probability that the use of the property changed to use as ancillary to the main dwelling on or before 26 November 2011 and that the use then continued without significant interruption for ten years after the date of the change.

an existing use for an outbuilding of more than ten years as ancillary use to the main dwelling

Authority
South Downs
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Phillips A
Postcode
BN44 3TU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Authority's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the appellants proved on the balance of probability that the use of the property changed to use as ancillary to the main dwelling on or before 26 November 2011 and that the use then continued without significant interruption for ten years after the date of the change

What decided it

The appellants failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence to demonstrate that the outbuilding had been continuously used for residential purposes ancillary to the main dwelling for the required ten-year period prior to the application date.

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