Planning appeal decision
Paddock House, Bagby, Thirsk, YO7 2PH
Planning appeal 3318058 at Paddock House, Bagby, Thirsk, YO7 2PH (Hambleton District Council *) was dismissed on 10 June 2024 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether a material change of use of the land from agriculture to a builder's storage yard had taken place for a continuous ten year period and hence is lawful by virtue of section 171B(3) of the Act.
without planning permission, the material change of use of the land from use for agriculture to a builder’s storage yard
- Authority
- Hambleton District Council *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- YO7 2PH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether a material change of use of the land from agriculture to a builder's storage yard had taken place for a continuous ten year period and hence is lawful by virtue of section 171B(3) of the Act
- Whether the period specified in the enforcement notice for compliance falls short of what should reasonably be allowed
What decided it
The appellant failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that a material change of use of the land to a builder's storage yard had occurred continuously for ten years, as the evidence showed the land was primarily agricultural in summer 2021 with only intermittent storage activity prior to that date.
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