®Planning appeal decision
BUILDING SITUATED AT FIELD OS 0900, WALTHAM ROAD, BRANSTON, LEICESTERSHIRE, NG32 1RY
retention of existing shed structure in connection with use of land as smallholding/allotment and the formation of access track within the site
- Authority
- Melton Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Shields T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A ground (d): whether the enforcement notice was issued too late as the alleged breach was substantially completed more than four years before the notice date
- Appeal B: the effect of the appeal building on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The appellant's sworn statement supported by dated delivery notes, purchase receipts, and photographs showing substantial completion before 29 September 2017 established the building was immune from enforcement action under the four-year rule, while on planning merits the building's excessive size and prominence relative to the minimal agricultural use demonstrated caused unacceptable harm to rural character.
Plan policies cited: Policy EN1, Policy EN6, Policy D1
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