A CERTIFICATE of lawfulness has been refused for plans to use two agricultural buildings for storage.

Edward Greenhill of Firs Farm, Swindon Road in Little Somerford submitted the now declined bid to Wiltshire Council for barns at his farm.

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In declining the bid, officers wrote: “The local planning authority, based on the evidence provided and available to it, is not satisfied that the evidence submitted is sufficiently precise and unambiguous to confirm a continuous use of the buildings for storage purposes within Use Class B8 throughout the requisite 10-year period, that being the 10 years prior to the submission of the application.”