®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Baugh Farm, Fouracre Crescent, Downend, Bristol, BS16 6PX
Without planning permission, the change of use of agricultural land to a mixed use comprising: agriculture, allotments, storage (including, but not limited to, vehicles and waste materials), commercial pet exercising, residential (through the residential use of caravans or other vehicles adapted for human habitation) and leisure/amenity uses; and the creation of hardstanding to facilitate the use by the importation and the laying of crushed stone/gravel
- Authority
- South Gloucestershire Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hanson S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred as a matter of fact (ground b)
- Whether those matters, if they occurred, constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)
- Whether the requirements of the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach (ground f)
- Whether the period specified in the notice is reasonable (ground g)
What decided it
The Inspector's observation of domestic paraphernalia, leisure items, and evidence of non-agricultural use on the site demonstrated a material change of use from agriculture, which required enforcement action to remedy.
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.