®Planning appeal decision
1 London Road, Marks Tey, Colchester, Essex, CO6 1DZ
without the benefit of planning permission, the material change of use of part residential garden land to a mixed use for (1) mountain bike purposes and (2) use for motorised sport and practicing for such, including engineering operations/excavation, and the creation of tracks, jumps, ramps and scaffolding towers. (“the Activity”)
- Authority
- Colchester Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Savage M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control
- Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy any breach of planning control
What decided it
The activities constituted a material change of use from residential garden to a leisure/sports training facility that was not incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse, and the enforcement notice's requirements to remedy this breach were partially excessive.
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