Planning appeal decision
Land Between 30 & 32 Winch Road, West Winch, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE33 0ND
Planning appeal 3369802 at Land Between 30 & 32 Winch Road, West Winch, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE33 0ND (King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council) was dismissed on 10 November 2025 by Inspector White P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded.
Builders yard comprising storage of plant and equipment, scaffolding, rubble, earth, timber, containers, skips, delivery point for building materials, prefabrication area, servicing and repair of plant, and meeting point for staff and sub-contractors
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- White P
- Postcode
- PE33 0ND
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence on the balance of probabilities that the builders yard use had occurred continuously for a ten-year period from the date the breach commenced or at any time before the application was made.
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