Land at Station Yard, Station Road, Enslow, Kidlington, OX5 3AX

Planning appeal 3314954 at Land at Station Yard, Station Road, Enslow, Kidlington, OX5 3AX (Cherwell District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 11 September 2024 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether copies of the enforcement notice were properly served on everyone with an interest in the land (ground e).

without planning permission, the material change of use of the land to a concrete batching plant and the erection of associated apparatus including a conveyor, hoppers and storage tanks

Authority: Cherwell District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Hawkins S
Postcode: OX5 3AX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether copies of the enforcement notice were properly served on everyone with an interest in the land (ground e)
Whether the matters alleged in the notice have occurred as a matter of fact (ground b)
Whether the matters alleged in the notice constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)
Whether it was too late to take enforcement action against any breach of planning control alleged in the notice (ground d)

What decided it

The use involves an industrial manufacturing process materially different in character from the lawful B8 storage and distribution use, constituting a breach of planning control for which no permission was granted and which was undertaken within the enforcement period.

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