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Allowed22 September 20263350783

Woodlands, South Avenue, Langdon Hills, Essex, SS16 6JG

Planning appeal 3350783 at Woodlands, South Avenue, Langdon Hills, Essex, SS16 6JG (Thurrock Borough Council) was allowed on 22 September 2026 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a Lawful Development Certificate was well-founded.

Authority
Thurrock Borough Council
Appeal type
Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Douglas L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a Lawful Development Certificate was well-founded

What decided it

The evidence, comprising signed statements, pre-2008 aerial photography, and the Inspector's site observations, established on the balance of probabilities that the outbuilding had been in continuous use for garaging and storage incidental to the dwellinghouse for substantially more than 10 years prior to the application date.

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