Land at Tudor Oaks Lodge & Restaurant, Taylors Road, Stotfold, HITCHIN, SG5 4AZ

without planning permission, change of use of land for the importation, deposition and storage of waste including soils, stone construction and demolition type waste, shredded mixed waste, and trommel fines from shredded mixed waste, and the siting of metal storage containers

Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: minerals-waste · Change of use
Inspector: Savage M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice as constituting a breach of planning control have occurred as a matter of fact
Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control or injury to amenity
Whether the period specified in the notice for compliance is reasonable

What decided it

The Inspector varied the enforcement notice to extend the compliance period for waste removal from six to nine months, finding this reasonable and proportionate given the time needed for material testing, adverse weather conditions, and arranging removal, while upholding the notice in all other respects.

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