When granting a certificate of lawful use and development, the inspector should include uses as primary even though the uses as such may be dormant at the time of the application unless the suspension of use was as a result of a loss of the right in law.
Citations:
Times 21-Jan-1999, [1998] EWHC Admin 1138, [1999] 1 PLR 92
Statutes:
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 191
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Distinguished – Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and another v Thurrock Borough Council CA 27-Feb-2002
Land on a farm had been used intermittently for many years as an airfield. The local authority issued two enforcement notices, one in respect of a building used as a hangar, and one for unlawful change of use from domestic and agricultural purposes . .
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Planning
Updated: 28 May 2022; Ref: scu.139260