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Allowed6 May 20253357978

Parast, Broadbridge Lane, Smallfield, Horley, Surrey, RH6 9RD

Planning appeal 3357978 at Parast, Broadbridge Lane, Smallfield, Horley, Surrey, RH6 9RD (Tandridge District Council) was allowed on 6 May 2025 by Inspector Douglas L, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue an LDC was well-founded, with particular regard to whether the site has been in a mixed use for open storage and parking purposes for at least ten consecutive years without substantial interruption prior to the date of the application.

Mixed use of open storage and parking

Authority
Tandridge District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
other · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Douglas L
Postcode
RH6 9RD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue an LDC was well-founded, with particular regard to whether the site has been in a mixed use for open storage and parking purposes for at least ten consecutive years without substantial interruption prior to the date of the application.

What decided it

The sworn oral evidence of Mr Langley, corroborated by the statutory declaration of Mr Vurc and consistent with the dated aerial photographs, was found sufficiently precise and unambiguous to establish the mixed use had continued for over ten years without substantial interruption.

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