Planning appeal decision
Land Comprising Field at 422441 474252, Ringbeck Road, Kirkby Malzeard, North Yorkshire, HG4 3QF
Planning appeal 3286298 at Land Comprising Field at 422441 474252, Ringbeck Road, Kirkby Malzeard, North Yorkshire, HG4 3QF (Harrogate Borough Council *) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 1 August 2022 by Inspector Merrett R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of planning control (material change of use to domestic allotment and siting of storage container) has occurred as a matter of fact.
Without planning permission the material change of use of the land to use of land as a domestic allotment and the siting of a storage container
- Authority
- Harrogate Borough Council *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- Merrett R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control (material change of use to domestic allotment and siting of storage container) has occurred as a matter of fact
- Whether the alleged matters constitute a breach of planning control
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach
What decided it
The horticultural use of the land falls within the statutory definition of agriculture and does not constitute a material change of use, whereas the storage container constitutes a building requiring planning permission that was not granted and cannot benefit from permitted development rights.
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