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Notice upheld2 August 20233310858

The Stables, Outwoods Bank, Outwoods, Newport, Stafford, TF10 9ED

Planning appeal 3310858 at The Stables, Outwoods Bank, Outwoods, Newport, Stafford, TF10 9ED (Stafford Borough Council) was dismissed on 2 August 2023 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Notice was properly served (ground e).

Without planning permission: 1. The material change of use of the land for residential purposes; 2. The stationing of a caravan for human habitation; 3. The use of the stable building(s) for domestic storage ancillary to the residential use of the land

Authority
Stafford Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Hitchcock R
Postcode
TF10 9ED

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Notice was properly served (ground e)
  • Whether the use of the land had changed to residential use (ground b)
  • Whether the requirements of the Notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach (ground f)
  • Whether the period for compliance is reasonable (ground g)

What decided it

The appellant's own admissions that the caravan had been used for residential accommodation and that domestic items were stored in the stable building established the breach of planning control on the balance of probabilities.

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