Planning appeal decision
Land and Premises Used by Bravo Skips on Mill Farm Estate, Whalebone Lane North, Romford, RM6 5QT
Planning appeal 3290340 at Land and Premises Used by Bravo Skips on Mill Farm Estate, Whalebone Lane North, Romford, RM6 5QT (London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 30 September 2022 by Inspector Satheesan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of planning control (unauthorised material change of use to a waste storage and transfer site) has occurred as a matter of fact.
without planning permission, the unauthorised material change of use to a waste storage and transfer site (Use Class Sui Generis)
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- minerals-waste · Change of use
- Inspector
- Satheesan R
- Postcode
- RM6 5QX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control (unauthorised material change of use to a waste storage and transfer site) has occurred as a matter of fact
What decided it
The appellants' own admission that loaded skips were stored on site, combined with the Council's evidence of officer confirmation and a subsequent planning application, established that the alleged breach had occurred as a matter of fact, causing the ground (b) appeal to fail.
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