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Notice varied and upheld20 April 20223274640

Lakshmi Service Station, 36-38 Southend Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 5NJ

Planning appeal 3274640 at Lakshmi Service Station, 36-38 Southend Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 5NJ (Thurrock Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 20 April 2022 by Inspector Fleming D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether a material change of use amounting to development has occurred.

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
Postcode
RM17 5NJ

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.

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