Planning appeal decision
Annexe, Cruttenden Farm, Brook Street, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3SR
Planning appeal 3355619 at Annexe, Cruttenden Farm, Brook Street, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3SR (Ashford Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 June 2025 by Inspector Grierson E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO.
the conversion of existing business premises to residential
- Authority
- Ashford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Grierson E
- Postcode
- TN26 3SR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence to establish that the building had been in continuous Class E use for at least 2 years prior to the application, as required by paragraph MA.1(1)(b) of the GPDO.
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