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Notice upheld11 December 20233305143

Willow End Farm, Approach Road, Billericay, Essex, CM11 2UT

Planning appeal 3305143 at Willow End Farm, Approach Road, Billericay, Essex, CM11 2UT (Basildon District Council) was dismissed on 11 December 2023 by Inspector Brownless E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the material change of use from residential to mixed residential and steel fabrication business use had occurred (ground b).

without planning permission, the erection of a building (“the Building” – shown edged and hatched black on the Notice plan) on the Land

Authority
Basildon District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Brownless E
Postcode
CM11 2UT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the material change of use from residential to mixed residential and steel fabrication business use had occurred (ground b)
  • Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach (ground f)
  • Whether the four month compliance period is less than should reasonably be allowed (ground g)

What decided it

The appellant's evidence was inconsistent and ambiguous, and failed to rebut the Council's photographic evidence and the appellant's own prior planning application statement demonstrating that a material change of use to mixed residential and business use had occurred.

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