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Dismissed24 February 20263363565

Commercial Barn, Middle Farm, Stanley Pontlarge, Winchcombe, GL54 5HE

Planning appeal 3363565 at Commercial Barn, Middle Farm, Stanley Pontlarge, Winchcombe, GL54 5HE (Tewkesbury Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 February 2026 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawful existing use was well-founded, turning on whether the use of the former agricultural barn as a residential dwelling has subsisted for a continuous period of at least 10 years prior to the date of the application, without any material interruption or intervening use.

to confirm the lawful use of an agricultural barn as a residential dwelling (class C3)

Authority
Tewkesbury Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Hanson S
Postcode
GL54 5HE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawful existing use was well-founded, turning on whether the use of the former agricultural barn as a residential dwelling has subsisted for a continuous period of at least 10 years prior to the date of the application, without any material interruption or intervening use

What decided it

The evidence presented was not sufficiently precise or unambiguous to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the appeal building had been in continuous residential use for the required 10-year period without material interruption.

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