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Allowed11 September 20263377419

The Grange Farm, 172 Strines Road, Strines, Stockport, SK6 7GA

Planning appeal 3377419 at The Grange Farm, 172 Strines Road, Strines, Stockport, SK6 7GA (Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 11 September 2026 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development is well-founded.

Authority
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Walker A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development is well-founded

What decided it

The evidence, unchallenged by the Council, that the appeal property was occupied as a separate dwelling by distinct households from 17 April 2021 onwards, more than four years before the application date, established lawfulness under the four-year immunity period.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest RDC [1972] 1 WLR 1207

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