®Planning appeal decision
Notice varied and upheld20 April 20223274640
Lakshmi Service Station, 36-38 Southend Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 5NJ
without planning permission the material change of use of the land from a sui generis service station use to a sui generis service station and separate hand car wash including valet use
- Authority
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Major retail and services
- Inspector
- Fleming D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether a material change of use amounting to development has occurred
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control has occurred as a matter of fact
- Whether the use began more than ten years before the enforcement notice was issued
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to achieve its purpose
What decided it
The introduction of a hand car wash operation as a separate entity with new physical and functional separation from the main petrol station use, combined with intensification and expansion of the car wash activity, constituted a material change of use requiring planning permission.
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.