Stoke Grange Fir Tree Avenue, Stoke Poges, SLOUGH, SL2 4NN

1. Without planning permission, the unauthorised change of use of the Land for the parking/storage of motor vehicles. 2. Operational development facilitating and integral to the unauthorised change of use, comprising the following: Laying of hardstanding/hardcore on the Land ((“the Hardstanding/Hardcore”); located in the approximate positions shown stippled on the Plan; The stationing of a cabin (“the Cabin”) on the Land in the approximate position show cross hatched on the Plan; The erection of close boarded fencing (“the Fencing”) in the approximate location shown dashed on the Plan; and The erection of gates (“the Gates) in the approximate location shown with a black line at point A to B on the Plan

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Curnow R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether copies of the enforcement notice were properly served on all persons with an interest in the land (Ground e)
Whether the matters alleged constitute a breach of planning control, specifically whether the land is within the curtilage of Stoke Grange and therefore benefits from permitted development rights (Ground c)
Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach alleged (Ground d)
Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (Ground f)
Whether the time given for compliance is reasonable (Ground g)

What decided it

The land lay outside the curtilage of Stoke Grange and therefore could not benefit from permitted development rights, and the material change of use had not become immune from enforcement action.

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