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Notice varied and upheld22 May 20233297044

Lane End Farm Cowall Moor Lane, Lask Edge, Biddulph, Staffordshire, ST13 8QL

Planning appeal 3297044 at Lane End Farm Cowall Moor Lane, Lask Edge, Biddulph, Staffordshire, ST13 8QL (Staffordshire County Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 22 May 2023 by Inspector Franks Z, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged material change of use commenced before 15 March 2012 and continued substantially uninterrupted thereafter (Ground d).

the material change of use from agriculture to a mixed use of agriculture and the importation, depositing, screening, sorting, recycling and exporting of soil, earth, construction and demolition waste including the construction of related hardstanding, concrete wall and bays

Authority
Staffordshire County Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
minerals-waste · Change of use
Inspector
Franks Z
Postcode
ST13 8QL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the alleged material change of use commenced before 15 March 2012 and continued substantially uninterrupted thereafter (Ground d)
  • Whether the period for compliance with the enforcement notice should be extended (Ground g)

What decided it

The appellants' evidence was insufficiently detailed and unambiguous to prove on the balance of probabilities that the material change of use commenced before 15 March 2012 and continued substantially uninterrupted thereafter.

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