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Dismissed14 May 20263350733

2 Arundel Road, Abbots Langley, WD5 0TP

Planning appeal 3350733 at 2 Arundel Road, Abbots Langley, WD5 0TP (Three Rivers District Council) was dismissed on 14 May 2026 by Inspector Bond V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the LPA's decision to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate was well-founded, turning on whether the use of grassed area as residential land was lawful as at the date of the LDC application.

‘Use of grassed area as residential land’

Authority
Three Rivers District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Bond V
Postcode
WD5 0TP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the LPA's decision to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate was well-founded, turning on whether the use of grassed area as residential land was lawful as at the date of the LDC application

What decided it

The appellant's evidence lacked the necessary detail and precision to demonstrate on the balance of probability that the application land had been in residential use for a period of ten years or more, and the maintenance and physical characteristics of the land were more consistent with amenity land than residential garden use.

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