Land known as Plot 12, New Lane, Blidworth, (Land Registry - NT559918), NG21 0LX

operational development on 'the Land' comprising of the construction of a timber stables building (marked 'X' on the attached Location Plan and identified within photograph 1) and development comprisin g of the material change of use of the land from agriculture to the keeping of horses (equestrian)

Authority: Newark & Sherwood District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Change of use
Inspector: Braithwaite J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are the minimum necessary to remedy the breaches of planning control (ground f)
Whether the periods for compliance with the enforcement notice are reasonable (ground g)

What decided it

The 84-day compliance period for ceasing the equestrian use was unreasonable and inconsistent with precedent from a similar enforcement notice on nearby land, justifying variation to 180 days.

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