Bridge Farm, Gull Bank, Whaplode Drove, Spalding, PE12 0SS

Planning appeal 3263100 at Bridge Farm, Gull Bank, Whaplode Drove, Spalding, PE12 0SS (South Holland District Council) was dismissed on 16 December 2021 by Inspector Rogers B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of planning control has taken place as a matter of fact (ground b).

without planning permission the material change of use of the land from use for agriculture to a mixed use consisti ng of the following uses: (a) to a vehicle repair business and associated storage of scrap vehicles, machinery and other paraphernalia at building no.1 shown edged blue on the attached plan no.2; (b) to residential use at building no.2 shown edged pink on the attached plan no.2; (c) to non-agricultural storage at building no.3 shown edged green on the attached plan no.2; (d) the storage of scrap vehicles on the land; and (e) a mini digger/plant hire business on the land

Authority: South Holland District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Rogers B
Postcode: PE12 0SS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the alleged breach of planning control has taken place as a matter of fact (ground b)
Whether the alleged breach constitutes a material change of use requiring planning permission (ground c)
Whether the mixed use commenced more than 10 years prior to the enforcement notice and subsisted throughout that period (ground d)

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probability that the mixed use commenced more than 10 years prior to the enforcement notice and subsisted throughout the relevant 10-year period, with evidence showing a material change in the level and intensity of use from around 2014 onwards.

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