®Planning appeal decision
The Land known as Romford Halal meat Company / Palmers Wholesale Butchers, Folkes Lane, Upminster, RM14 1TH
without the benefit of planning permission, the material change of use of part of the land for residential use through the siting of eight mobile homes for residential use
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Thompson F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the mobile homes constitute caravans (a use of land) or operational development (buildings), for the purposes of the appeal on ground (b)
- Whether it was too late for the Council to take enforcement action because the breach of planning control had subsisted for more than ten years, for the purposes of the appeal on ground (d)
What decided it
The evidence showed, on the balance of probabilities, that the mixed use of the land as an abattoir with five mobile homes had continued substantially unbroken for more than ten years, and that the later addition of three further mobile homes did not constitute a material change of use, so the use was immune from enforcement action.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.