Land At (Os 7739 5363), Brockamin Lane, Leigh, Worestershire, WR6 5JZ

Planning appeal 3363143 at Land At (Os 7739 5363), Brockamin Lane, Leigh, Worestershire, WR6 5JZ (Malvern Hills District Council) was allowed on 2 April 2026 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a lawful development certificate was well-founded, turning on whether the land has been used for storage of materials and equipment associated with a landscaping business for a continuous period of at least ten years prior to the date of application without material interruption.

the existing use of land for storage of materials and equipment associated with a landscaping business

Authority: Malvern Hills District Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Hanson S
Postcode: WR6 5JZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's refusal to grant a lawful development certificate was well-founded, turning on whether the land has been used for storage of materials and equipment associated with a landscaping business for a continuous period of at least ten years prior to the date of application without material interruption

What decided it

The combination of the appellant's credible statutory declaration, consistent aerial imagery showing repeated presence of stored materials over many years, historic Council acknowledgement of the use, and third-party corroboration provided sufficient evidence on the balance of probabilities that the front section had been in continuous use for the requisite ten-year period, whereas the rear section lacked equivalent evidential support.

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

9 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial

More decisions in Malvern Hills

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

Notice varied and upheld20 August 20263376591
54 Malvern Road, Powick, Worcester, WR2 4RT
Notice upheld25 March 20253346544
Land Adjoining Fartown Farm, Pensax, Abberley, Worcester, WR6 6AE
Split Decision18 November 20243342762
Crowcroft House Farm Crowcroft, Leigh Sinton, Malvern, WR13 5ED
Planning permission granted18 September 20243334212
Land on North West Side of Willow Road, Martley, Worcester, WR6 6PS
Dismissed10 November 20233321746
Deer View, Wadborough Road, Kempsey, Worcs, WR5 3QH

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.