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Dismissed16 September 20253365653

Garage at Sx 369 802, Greystone Bridge, Launceston, PL15 9PD

Planning appeal 3365653 at Garage at Sx 369 802, Greystone Bridge, Launceston, PL15 9PD (West Devon Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 September 2025 by Inspector Jarratt P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well founded.

use as a single dwellinghouse

Authority
West Devon Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Jarratt P
Postcode
PL15 9PD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well founded
  • Whether the appellant's evidence is precise and unambiguous enough to show that it is more likely than not that the change of use of the appeal property occurred four years or more before the application for the LDC was made

What decided it

The appellant's evidence on the date of first residential occupation was muddled, contradictory and unsupported, and was contradicted by documentary evidence (the sales brochure, Building Notice and property-naming application), so it failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that residential use began before the critical date of 25 February 2021.

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