Homestead Farm Churchend, Twyning, Tewkesbury, GL20 6DA

Planning appeal 3362936 at Homestead Farm Churchend, Twyning, Tewkesbury, GL20 6DA (Tewkesbury Borough Council) was allowed on 3 July 2026 by Inspector Jones R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether a material change of use of the former agricultural land to residential garden occurred ten or more years before the date of the application, and then continued without material interruption for a period of at least ten years thereafter, so as to meet the immunity period from enforcement action under s171B(3) of the 1990 Act.

described as “The Land to the North and West of the barn has been in residential use for at least the last 15yrs and no agricultural activity has been carried out so we would like a certificate of lawful use in order to change it to residential

Authority: Tewkesbury Borough Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Jones R
Postcode: GL20 6DA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether a material change of use of the former agricultural land to residential garden occurred ten or more years before the date of the application, and then continued without material interruption for a period of at least ten years thereafter, so as to meet the immunity period from enforcement action under s171B(3) of the 1990 Act

What decided it

The evidence was sufficiently precise and unambiguous to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the land had been in continuous use as residential garden for ten or more years prior to the application date, thereby meeting the immunity period from enforcement action.

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