®Planning appeal decision
Isaacs Farm Barn, Parsonage Lane, Chipping, PRESTON, PR3 2GJ
B2 general industrial use of land and buildings in association with an agricultural contractor and welding business
- Authority
- Ribble Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Kean G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site has been used continuously as a Class B2 agricultural contractor and welding business for at least ten years prior to 20 June 2024 to qualify for a certificate of lawful use or development under section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the appeal site was used continuously as a Class B2 industrial use throughout the relevant ten-year period, particularly given the lack of business rates registration, the late commencement of welding operations in 2019, and the dependence of the use on access arrangements outside the application site boundary without lawful authority.
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