Planning appeal decision
Field 3665, Lane Top, Winewall, Pendle, BB8 8BU
Planning appeal 3317527 at Field 3665, Lane Top, Winewall, Pendle, BB8 8BU (Pendle Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 23 November 2023 by Inspector Shields T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of planning control (the erection of a horse stable) has occurred as a matter of fact.
without planning permission, the unauthorised erection of a horse stable on Green Belt land in the approximate position marked with a cross on the attached plan
- Authority
- Pendle Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Shields T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control (the erection of a horse stable) has occurred as a matter of fact
What decided it
The appellant's consistent and uncontradicted evidence that the building was erected and used as an agricultural building for agricultural purposes, not as a horse stable, prior to the enforcement notice being issued.
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