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Dismissed18 September 20253354325

The Log Cabin, Packridge Farm , Packridge Lane, Romsey, SO51 9LL

Planning appeal 3354325 at The Log Cabin, Packridge Farm , Packridge Lane, Romsey, SO51 9LL (Test Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 18 September 2025 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application for a lawful development certificate was well founded.

Construction of a log cabin which constitutes a building along with associated works including groundworks and accessible steps and ramp

Authority
Test Valley Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Other minor developments
Inspector
Buchanan R
Postcode
SO51 9LL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application for a lawful development certificate was well founded

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the log cabin was a building rather than a mobile home, and therefore did not prove that no enforcement action could have been taken because the time for enforcement had expired.

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