®Planning appeal decision
Waldens Farm , Crockenhill Road, Swanley , Kent, BR8 8EP
Planning appeal 3376671 at Waldens Farm , Crockenhill Road, Swanley , Kent, BR8 8EP (London Borough of Bromley) was allowed on 7 August 2026 by Inspector Moss J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue on Appeal A is whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a LDC is well founded.
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Moss J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The main issue on Appeal A is whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a LDC is well founded.
- Ground (b): whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice, as the Inspector intended to correct it, which appear to the Council to constitute the breach of planning control, have occurred.
- Ground (d): whether, at the date on which the notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control that may be constituted by the matters stated in the notice.
What decided it
The application of the Burdle planning-unit test and the Skerritts/Cardiff Rating 'building' factors determined, as a matter of fact and degree, which parts of the site and which structures amounted to lawful ancillary activity versus unlawful operational development or material change of use.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Cardiff Rating Authority v Guest Keen Baldwin's Iron and Steel Co Ltd [1949] 1QB 385; Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v SSETR (No.2) [2000] 2 PLR 102; Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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