Planning appeal decision
Camomile, Watery Lane, Stafford, ST18 9EH
Planning appeal 3359934 at Camomile, Watery Lane, Stafford, ST18 9EH (Stafford Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 September 2025 by Inspector Boffin D, 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 is well-founded.
Certificate of lawful use for use of a detached double garage as a residential annexe
- Authority
- Stafford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Boffin D
- Postcode
- ST18 9EH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use is well-founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the existing use of the detached garage as a residential annexe was lawful under section 191(2) of the 1990 Act.
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