Planning appeal decision
Land at Whins Lane, Wheelton, Chorley, PR6 8HN
Planning appeal 3298722 at Land at Whins Lane, Wheelton, Chorley, PR6 8HN (Chorley Borough Council) was decided (invalid) on 2 June 2023 by Inspector McGlone A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether a material change of use to a mixed use of agricultural, storage and leisure use has occurred.
unauthorised material change of use of land ("the Land") and associated unauthorised operational development to facilitate that change of use to a mixed use of agricultural, storage and leisure us e
- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- McGlone A
- Postcode
- PR6 8HN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether a material change of use to a mixed use of agricultural, storage and leisure use has occurred
- Whether the operational development (wooden toilet block, raised patio, vehicle hardstanding, fencing and gate) constitutes unauthorised development
- Whether the enforcement notice is sufficiently clear and precise in its allegations and requirements
What decided it
The enforcement notice is invalid and incapable of correction because it fails to specify with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance, and correcting the errors would cause injustice to the appellant.
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