Isaacs Farm Barn, Parsonage Lane, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2GJ

Planning appeal 3359247 at Isaacs Farm Barn, Parsonage Lane, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2GJ (Ribble Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 10 March 2026 by Inspector Kean G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

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
Postcode: PR3 2GJ

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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