Planning appeal decision
Rough Hill, Benscliffe Road, Newton Linford , Leicestershire, LE6 0AG
Planning appeal 3355433 at Rough Hill, Benscliffe Road, Newton Linford , Leicestershire, LE6 0AG (Charnwood Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 November 2025 by Inspector Hainsworth D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the business activities comprising a commercial stud farm and dog breeding and training facility constitute a stand-alone use capable of being the subject of a certificate of lawful use, or whether they form part of a single planning unit with the residential dwelling.
Continued use of buildings and associated land for use/operation of business comprising a commercial stud farm and dog breeding and training facility
- Authority
- Charnwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Hainsworth D
- Postcode
- LE6 0AG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the business activities comprising a commercial stud farm and dog breeding and training facility constitute a stand-alone use capable of being the subject of a certificate of lawful use, or whether they form part of a single planning unit with the residential dwelling
What decided it
The house and business premises form a single planning unit of occupation that is not physically and functionally separate, and therefore the business activities cannot be certified as a stand-alone lawful use.
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