®Planning appeal decision
Land at Pink Punters, 2 Watling Street, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK2 2BS
provision of storage containers (retrospective)
- Authority
- Milton Keynes Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Pleasant L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- Appeal A: flood risk
- Appeal B: whether as a matter of fact the Land was in use for open storage and whether such use constitutes a breach of planning control
What decided it
In Appeal A, the harmful effect on character and appearance outweighed any other considerations; in Appeal B, the storage use was found to be incidental and ancillary to the nightclub use, meaning no material change of use had occurred.
Appeal A: no material considerations outweighed the conflict with the development plan arising from harmful effects on character and appearance; Appeal B: not applicable as the appeal succeeded on a factual and legal ground rather than a planning balance.
Plan policies cited: Policy D1, Policy D2, Policy D3, Policy D9, Policy FR1
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.