®Planning appeal decision
Quashed On Legal Grounds23 June 20223285652
land north of King’s Barn, 35 How End Road, Houghton Conquest, Beds , MK45 3JT
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hainsworth D
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 appellant's comprehensive evidence demonstrating continuous use of the builder's yard since 2003 established immunity from enforcement action, and the new access arrangements and catering unit were justified as necessary and compliant with development plan policies.
Plan policies cited: Policy EE5, Policy EMP4
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