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Allowed1 July 20263355160

Midsummer Cottage, Hallaton Road, Horninghold, Leicestershire, LE16 8DH

Planning appeal 3355160 at Midsummer Cottage, Hallaton Road, Horninghold, Leicestershire, LE16 8DH (Harborough District Council) was allowed on 1 July 2026 by Inspector Jones D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development (LDC) was well founded.

the use of the land as residential garden

Authority
Harborough District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Change of use
Inspector
Jones D
Postcode
LE16 8DH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

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

What decided it

The appellant's credible statutory declarations, supported by photographic and aerial evidence showing consistent residential garden use over more than 10 years, established on the balance of probabilities that the use was lawful and immune from enforcement.

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