At Wreyland Rural Planning, we answer the big questions...

At Wreyland Rural Planning, we answer the big questions...

This mornings hot-topic concerned whether our top-notch football team, wall-to-wall sunshine (more or less) and collapsing Marxist government officially rendered Britain a banana republic?

Last week's question was a little more important and concerned a shooting ground in the Forest of Dean, which despite its longevity, had been identified by the Local Planning Authority as suddenly being in need of regularisation pending an enforcement notice.

Notwithstanding the clearly established nature of the business and the test being limited to 'the balance of probabilities, it remains that achieving immunity from enforcement under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 still requires clear and precise evidence and therefore a forensic approach is always necessary to ensure certainty of outcome.

Our evidence here included statutory declarations, historic aerial photography, insurance documentation, records or accreditation and dozens of personal testimonies which demonstrated uninterrupted use over more than ten years.

Notwithstanding that we were always going to win the day, acquiring Certificates of Lawfulness are always a worry for applicants and we are very pleased to have played a part in securing the future of this well regarded rural business.