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Quashed On Legal Grounds22 July 20243305559

Reddings Farm, Asheldham, Southminster, CM0 7NX

Planning appeal 3305559 at Reddings Farm, Asheldham, Southminster, CM0 7NX (Maldon District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 22 July 2024 by Inspector Douglas L, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether enforcement action could be taken in respect of the material change of use at the date when the notice was issued.

Unauthorised material change of use of 'The Land' to a B2 commercial machinery repair and maintenance workshop and associated activity of vehicle movement, parking, and external storage

Authority
Maldon District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Douglas L
Postcode
CM0 7NX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether enforcement action could be taken in respect of the material change of use at the date when the notice was issued

What decided it

The detailed and consistent sworn oral evidence of witnesses who had used or observed the Barn since before 2012 established, on the balance of probabilities, that the B2 use had continued substantially unchanged for more than 10 years before the notice was issued.

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