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Allowed8 July 20263378058

The Annexe at Glenthorne, Five Ways Road, Hatton, Warks, CV35 7HZ

Planning appeal 3378058 at The Annexe at Glenthorne, Five Ways Road, Hatton, Warks, CV35 7HZ (Warwick District Council) was allowed on 8 July 2026 by Inspector Pleasant L, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the main issue is whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development (LDC) was well-founded.

use as a single dwellinghouse

Authority
Warwick District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Pleasant L
Postcode
CV35 7HZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the main issue is whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development (LDC) was well-founded
  • this turns on whether the appellant can demonstrate, on the balance of probability, that the use of the appeal site as a separate dwellinghouse occurred and has continued in use as a single dwellinghouse for a period of four years prior to 18 December 2025

What decided it

The appellant's clear, unambiguous and uncontradicted evidence (supported by his son, partner and a neighbour) established continuous separate residential use of the Annexe for the requisite four-year period.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Richard O'Flynn v SSCLG and Anr [2016] EWHC 2894 (Admin); Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207

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