Castlegate, Stanley, WAKEFIELD, LS26 8HH

Without planning permission, the unauthorised change of use of agricultural land to use of land for open storage and stationing of 2 No steel shipping containers and trailer for storage use associated w ith a commercial business activity; and associated unauthorised operational development comprising laying out of a hardstanding area; erection of a 2m high close boarded solid timber fence; the erection of steel boundary mesh fencing and gates and formation of earth bunds along the western boundary and northern in excess of 1 metre height adjacent to M62 strategic highway

Authority: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Willows P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice have occurred (ground b)
Whether the matters stated in the notice constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)
Whether enforcement action could be taken at the date the notice was issued (ground d)

What decided it

The hardstanding was formed in May 2020, within the four-year enforcement period for operational development, whereas the earth bunds were formed in February 2015 and were time-barred.

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