Land at Land Opposite Flickan Lodge , Ulverston Road, Rochford, Essex, SS4 3JT

Planning appeal 3301569 at Land at Land Opposite Flickan Lodge , Ulverston Road, Rochford, Essex, SS4 3JT (Rochford District Council) was dismissed on 16 July 2024 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the time for enforcement action had expired on the date the notice was issued (Ground d).

Without planning permission, the material change of use of land from a nil use t o use for the stationing and storage of caravans (1 static and 2 touring caravans); 5 private vehicles; children’s play equipment; 2 lorry backs and the open storage of rubble and timber and other material (approximate positions as per attached plan - caravans are shown marked A, B and C; private cars shown hatched; children’s play equipment shown cross hatched marked X, Y; lorry backs shown stippled and marked F, G) and the engineering operation involving the laying of an area of hardstanding shown in the approximate position marked by XXXs on the attached plan

Authority: Rochford District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector: Walker A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the time for enforcement action had expired on the date the notice was issued (Ground d)
Whether the notice requirements are excessive in achieving their purpose (Ground f)

What decided it

The appellant provided no substantive evidence to discharge the burden of proof on either ground of appeal, whilst the Council's photographic evidence supported that enforcement action was within time and the notice requirements were not excessive.

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