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Notice varied and upheld29 September 20253307026

Goodhall Farm Coggeshall Road, Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex, CO7 7LR

Planning appeal 3307026 at Goodhall Farm Coggeshall Road, Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex, CO7 7LR (Tendring District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 29 September 2025 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the hardstanding is immune from enforcement action due to the passage of time (Ground d).

Material change of use from agriculture to B8 storage use

Authority
Tendring District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Ghafoor A
Postcode
CO7 7LR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the hardstanding is immune from enforcement action due to the passage of time (Ground d)
  • Whether the enforcement notice is properly formulated and whether the requirement to remove hardstanding is excessive and disproportionate (Ground f)
  • Whether the period for compliance is reasonable (Ground g)

What decided it

The requirement to remove all hardstanding was excessive and disproportionate to remedying the material change of use, warranting variation of the enforcement notice to delete that requirement.

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