The inspector found that the appellant had failed to discharge the burden of proving ten years continuous use.  He accepted the argument of the planning authority that there were breaks in the ten-year period relied on, including during the Covid-19 pandemic when the public house was subject to enforced closure as a result of national lockdown restrictions.

A copy of the decision can be found here.

Conor Fegan appeared for the Royal Borough of Greenwich, instructed by Freeths.