Planning appeal decision
56 Cudham Lane North, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7RA
Planning appeal 3367733 at 56 Cudham Lane North, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7RA (London Borough of Bromley) was allowed on 6 November 2025 by Inspector Hocking P, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness is well founded.
Use of building as a residential dwelling
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hocking P
- Postcode
- TN14 7RA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness is well founded
What decided it
The sworn statutory declarations and corroborating evidence demonstrating continuous, physically and functionally independent residential occupation of the building for the relevant four-year period.
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