Land to the North of Kings Barn, How End Road, Houghton Conquest, MK45 3JT

Planning appeal 3285479 at Land to the North of Kings Barn, How End Road, Houghton Conquest, MK45 3JT (Central Bedfordshire) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 23 June 2022 by Inspector Hainsworth D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the creation of a new hard surfaced track constitutes development requiring planning permission.

Use of existing field access onto How End Road and creation of new hard surfaced track and parking area and siting of mobile catering kitchen unit for commercial cooking purposes including preparation and distribution of catering products

Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Hainsworth D
Postcode: MK45 3JT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the creation of a new hard surfaced track constitutes development requiring planning permission
Whether the use of land and buildings as a builder's yard for storage of materials and equipment and plant hire is immune from enforcement action as a result of ten years continuous use
The effects of the use of an existing field access, creation of a new hard surfaced track and parking area, and siting of a mobile catering kitchen unit on character and appearance, amenities of nearby residents and traffic and transport conditions

What decided it

The evidence demonstrating continuous use of the builder's yard since 2003 rendered that use immune from enforcement action, and the track, parking area and catering unit were justified as necessary ancillary developments with acceptable impacts.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy EE5Policy EMP4

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