Land to the south of the FCC energy from waste plant, Edgcott, Aylesbury, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP18 0QN

a temporary site compound comprising welfare and office units, car parking, storage areas, internal access roads, security area, a communications mast and an associated drainage feature

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: utilities-energy · Other minor developments
Inspector: Jones R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the proposed temporary site compound would have been lawful on the date of the application on the basis that it would have been granted planning permission by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Class A

What decided it

The laying of hardstanding to create car parking constitutes "works" for the purposes of Class A of the GPDO, and the compound's location adjoining HS2 Act land and serving operations within reasonable logistical distance is reasonably required temporarily in connection with HS2 construction operations.

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