Land at 262 - 264 Chertsey Lane, Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex, TW18 3NF

Planning appeal 3196414 at Land at 262 - 264 Chertsey Lane, Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex, TW18 3NF (Runnymede Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 6 January 2023 by Inspector Braithwaite J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of planning control - the material change of use of the land from agricultural use to storage use - had occurred on the date of issue of the enforcement notice (ground (b)).

the material change of use of the land from agricultural use to storage use including but not limited to unit load devices, vehicles associated with the storage use, pallets, storage containers, metal sheeting and gallery carts

Authority: Runnymede Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Braithwaite J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the alleged breach of planning control - the material change of use of the land from agricultural use to storage use - had occurred on the date of issue of the enforcement notice (ground (b))

What decided it

The storage use on the enforced land was found to be an extension of the same, already immune, lawful storage use on adjoining land rather than a material change of use in its own right.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Burdle and Williams v SSE and New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207; Hertfordshire CC v SSCLG & Metal and Waste Recycling Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1473

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