®Planning appeal decision
The Land on the East side of Sandy Lane, West Thurrock, Grays, RM16 4LS
i. Without planning permission the material change of use of the Land to B8 storage use. ii. The unauthorised development of the creation of hardstanding to facilitate the unauthorised change of use to B8 storage use
- Authority
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Lewis D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development took place before 28 January 2011 and whether the use of the land for storage continued thereafter without any substantial interruption for a period of ten years
- Whether the compliance periods stated in the notice are reasonable
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probability that a material change of use to B8 storage use took place before 28 January 2011 and continued without substantial interruption for ten years, as evidenced by the 2005 enforcement notice requiring removal of stables and kennels and the subsequent return of the land to pasture by 2009.
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.