®Planning appeal decision
Cliffe House, 7 Tors Park, Lynmouth, Lynmouth, Devon, EX35 6NB
without planning permission and within the last 10 years: A change of use of land from agriculture/forestry to a mixed use comprising agriculture/forestry and the storage of items not associated with that use including metal storage containers timber, a trailer, pipes, tyres and an engine
- Authority
- Exmoor
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Harwood A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether at the time the enforcement notice was issued, it was too late to take enforcement action under section 171B(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, on the basis that the material change of use had been continuous for 10 years or more
What decided it
The cumulative weight of evidence from local residents corroborating continuous storage use of the site for more than 10 years prior to the enforcement notice, combined with the absence of any contradictory evidence from the Park Authority, satisfied the balance of probabilities test required under section 171B(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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