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Dismissed4 April 20253353299

Beak Hill Farm, Chop Gate, Middlesbrough, TS9 7JJ

Planning appeal 3353299 at Beak Hill Farm, Chop Gate, Middlesbrough, TS9 7JJ (North York Moors) was dismissed on 4 April 2025 by Inspector Baxter C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded.

farmhouse as a bed and breakfast, use of part of a field for camp site and amenity block

Authority
North York Moors
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector
Baxter C
Postcode
TS9 7JJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probability that the whole of the appeal site had been in continuous use as a bed and breakfast and campsite for more than 10 years before the application date, as required by section 171B(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

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