Land East of Warren Farm, Woburn Road, Millbrook, Bedford, MK45 2HY

Planning appeal 3299811 at Land East of Warren Farm, Woburn Road, Millbrook, Bedford, MK45 2HY (Central Bedfordshire) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 24 May 2024 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use of the Land had changed to the alleged uses for parking, storage and deposition of waste materials, or whether the formation of areas of bunding had taken place (ground b).

Without planning permission, the material change of use of Land for use for the parking of HGVs, trailers and a construction plant, the storage and siting of mobile offices, metal shipping and storage containers, equipment and parts for plant and caravans and skips, the deposition and importation of building and other waste including plastics, vehicle parts, sub soil, pipework, sand, tyres, stone, metals, roofing materials and timber and the formation of areas of bunding throughout the Land

Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: minerals-waste · Change of use
Inspector: Hitchcock R
Postcode: MK45 2HY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the use of the Land had changed to the alleged uses for parking, storage and deposition of waste materials, or whether the formation of areas of bunding had taken place (ground b)
Whether the matters stated in the Notice constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)

What decided it

The Council's photographic evidence from 24 February 2022 demonstrated that the alleged uses and operational development had occurred on the site, and the appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise or unambiguous evidence to rebut this on the balance of probability.

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