6 Johnson Drive, Finchampstead, WOKINGHAM, RG40 3NW

Without planning permission, the material change of use of the land to a mixed use including the external storage of builder’s materials, plant and equipment, fencing, builder bulk bags, shipping containers, general/assorted waste products, inert waste and the like and the storage of motor vehicles, vehicle breaking, vehicle disassembly and the sale of vehicle parts

Authority: Wokingham Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Hocking P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The ground (b) and (c) appeals
The ground (f) appeal
The ground (d) appeal

What decided it

For Appeal A, compelling video evidence of vehicle breaking/disassembly and the loss of certified storage rights via the 2017 notice justified upholding the corrected notice, while for Appeal B, credible and consistent witness evidence of continuous outdoor storage for over ten years established immunity under ground (d).

Judgments cited: Mann v. SoS Environment and South Oxfordshire DC

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