Planning appeal decision
Land at the Former Birch Vale Quarry, Oven Hill Road, Birch Vale, SK22 1BY
Planning appeal 3281256 at Land at the Former Birch Vale Quarry, Oven Hill Road, Birch Vale, SK22 1BY (High Peak Borough Council) was decided (invalid) on 21 March 2022 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice is valid and capable of correction, having regard to the alleged breaches and the requirements specified.
Material change of use of former quarry to residential use (two touring caravans with associated timber building) and storage use (horse trailer, shipping container, cement mixer, water tank, motorbike, builder's materials, tyres and miscellaneous items)
- Authority
- High Peak Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- SK22 1BY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice is valid and capable of correction, having regard to the alleged breaches and the requirements specified
What decided it
The enforcement notice contained fundamental defects in specifying the breach and requirements which could not be corrected without causing injustice to the appellant, rendering it invalid.
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