®Planning appeal decision
Land lying to the West and the South of The Paddock, Rose Lane, Ripley, Surrey, GU23 6NE
Without planning permission, the material change of use of the land from agricultural to a mixed use comprising agricultural and a sui generis comprising the importation, disposal and burning of combustible waste, the unauthorised importation, storage and sorting of scrap metal and the importation and disposal of mixed soils and hardcore leading to the raising of land levels on the area shown cross hatched on plan EN/TP/001 dated 22 March 2022
- Authority
- Surrey County Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- minerals-waste · Change of use
- Inspector
- Curnow R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control has occurred (Ground b)
- Whether enforcement action was time-barred (Ground d)
- Whether the requirements of the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach (Ground f)
- Whether the time given to comply with the requirements is reasonable (Ground g)
What decided it
The Inspector's site observations and the Council's photographic evidence clearly demonstrated that the alleged breaches had occurred within the 10-year enforcement period, and that requirement 7 exceeded what was necessary to remedy the breach.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.