Planning appeal decision
Beech Farm Roundstreet Common, Wisborough Green, Billingshurst, RH14 0AN
Planning appeal 3350465 at Beech Farm Roundstreet Common, Wisborough Green, Billingshurst, RH14 0AN (Chichester District Council) was allowed on 19 December 2024 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 use or development is well-founded.
for operational development comprising the laying of hardstanding for use as parking area, siting of portacabin for use as toilet facilities, and erection of building used as observers stand relating to outdoor sandschool, alongside the continued material change of use of buildings and land for equestrian use
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Walker A
- Postcode
- RH14 0AN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development is well-founded
What decided it
The aerial photographic evidence demonstrated that the hardstanding had been laid to the extent shown on the June 2018 photograph for more than four years prior to the application date, satisfying the lawfulness test under section 191(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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