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Allowed17 November 20253359370

Hill Farm, Akeley Road, Lillingstone Lovell, MK18 5BL

Planning appeal 3359370 at Hill Farm, Akeley Road, Lillingstone Lovell, MK18 5BL (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was allowed on 17 November 2025 by Inspector Pleasant L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the applicants can demonstrate on the balance of probability that the use of the dwellinghouse remained lawful on 22 April 2024, with no subsequent change of use and no abandonment of use.

use as a dwellinghouse

Authority
Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Pleasant L
Postcode
MK18 5BL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the applicants can demonstrate on the balance of probability that the use of the dwellinghouse remained lawful on 22 April 2024, with no subsequent change of use and no abandonment of use

What decided it

The owner's clear and objective intention to continue residential use at Hill Farm, combined with the reasonable explanation for the period of vacancy and the absence of any alternative use or change of use, demonstrated that the residential use had not been abandoned.

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