Owen Devenport were instructed to submit an application in order to secure a Certificate of Lawful Use. Our client had been in breach of an agricultural occupancy condition in excess of 10 years during which time none of the dwelling’s occupants had worked in Agriculture. Therefore the use of the dwelling in noncompliance of the restrictive occupancy condition qualified as a Lawful Use. Our clients set out Statutory Declarations in which they proved they had never been working full time in agriculture which was further supported by letters of from neighbours who also confirmed this fact. We submitted all the necessary evidence along with our support statement and were glad to receive the relevant Certificate from the Local Planning Authority. Our clients of course were delighted with the outcome.