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Dismissed11 February 20263358144

Sherborne Valley House , Hardings House Lane, Sherborne, DT9 4TB

Planning appeal 3358144 at Sherborne Valley House , Hardings House Lane, Sherborne, DT9 4TB (Dorset) was dismissed on 11 February 2026 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the siting of a mobile home for residential use as a separate dwellinghouse is immune from enforcement action and is thus a lawful use.

Siting of a mobile home for residential use as a separate dwellinghouse

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Braithwaite J
Postcode
DT9 4TB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the siting of a mobile home for residential use as a separate dwellinghouse is immune from enforcement action and is thus a lawful use

What decided it

The absence of sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence to demonstrate that residential occupation of the mobile home had been continuous for any ten-year period meant the use could not be established as immune from enforcement action.

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