REFUSAL

Town and Country Planning Act 1990: Section 191 
(as amended by Section 10 of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991)

Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010

Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing use or operation or activity including those in breach of a planning condition

Cherwell District Council certify that on 11th June 2012 the use, or operation, or activity including those in breach of a planning condition described in the First Schedule to this Certificate in respect of the Land specified in the Second Schedule to this Certificate and edged red on the plan attached to this Certificate, has not been established as lawful within the meaning of Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended), for the reasons stated in the Third Schedule.

Cherwell District Council	
Certified a true copy

Head of Public Protection & Development Management	
Signed………………………………………………… (Council's Authorised Officer)

On behalf of:	Cherwell District Council
		Bodicote House
		Bodicote
		Banbury
		OX15 4AA

Date: 		12th July 2012

First Schedule

Use as a single dwellinghouse as set out in the application and associated documents

Second Schedule

Bishops End, Burdrop, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5RQ

Third Schedule

Having regard to the information submitted by the applicant, the planning application records, and information held by the Local Planning Authority, the Local Planning Authority is not satisfied on the balance of probability that the building described in the Second Schedule has been used as a single dwellinghouse for a continuous period of four years.
Notes

1.	This Certificate is issued solely for the purpose of Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

2.	It certifies that the operations specified in the First Schedule taking place on the land in the Second Schedule would not have been lawful on the specified date and, thus, would have been liable to enforcement action under Section 172 of the 1990 Act on that date.

3.	This Certificate applies only to the extent of the operations specified in the First Schedule and to the land specified in the Second Schedule ('the Land') and identified on the attached plan.

4.	If you consider the Council’s decision is unreasonable you may appeal to the Secretary of State under Section 195 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.