Planning appeal decision
Fearon Place Farm, Kinniside, Ennerdale Bridge, CA23 3AG
Planning appeal 3284463 at Fearon Place Farm, Kinniside, Ennerdale Bridge, CA23 3AG (Lake District) was dismissed on 26 August 2022 by Inspector Freer P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, at the date the enforcement notice was issued, the use had been continuous for a period of ten years beginning with the date of the breach, such that no enforcement action could be taken.
Material change of use of land from agriculture to use for tented camping and the siting of holiday caravans
- Authority
- Lake District
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Freer P
- Postcode
- CA23 3AG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, at the date the enforcement notice was issued, the use had been continuous for a period of ten years beginning with the date of the breach, such that no enforcement action could be taken
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probability that the use alleged in the notice had been continuous for ten years, with photographic evidence suggesting caravan use ceased around 2013 and no credible evidence of tented camping use for the required period.
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