Planning appeal decision
Brink Barn Buxton New Road, Macclesfield, SK11 0AN
Planning appeal 3352569 at Brink Barn Buxton New Road, Macclesfield, SK11 0AN (Cheshire East) was allowed on 11 June 2025 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 lawful development certificate is well-founded.
Use of land as domestic garden in connection with the dwelling known as Brink Barn
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Walker A
- Postcode
- SK11 0AN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate is well-founded
What decided it
The appellants' evidence, supported by aerial photographs and statutory declarations, was sufficiently precise and unambiguous to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the land had been in continuous use as domestic garden for ten or more years prior to the LDC application, with no contradictory evidence from the Council.
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