Planning appeal decision
Garage Block / Land Lying to the East of 25 Cavendish Road, Cavendish Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 4AL
Planning appeal 3358952 at Garage Block / Land Lying to the East of 25 Cavendish Road, Cavendish Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 4AL (Reigate and Banstead Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 February 2026 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use as a builder's yard subsisted continuously for the ten year period prior to 7 May 2024.
Certificate of lawful use for builder's yard for building related materials, equipment and vehicles
- Authority
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Braithwaite J
- Postcode
- RH1 4AL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use as a builder's yard subsisted continuously for the ten year period prior to 7 May 2024
What decided it
The appellant failed to submit sufficient precise and unambiguous evidence to demonstrate that the use as a builder's yard subsisted continuously for the required ten year period, with the site instead showing intermittent use for dumping building waste rather than active builder's yard operations.
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