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Quashed On Legal Grounds24 June 20243319368

Brook Willow Farm Woodlands Road, Leatherhead, KT22 0AN

Planning appeal 3319368 at Brook Willow Farm Woodlands Road, Leatherhead, KT22 0AN (Mole Valley District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 24 June 2024 by Inspector Walker A, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether immunity has been acquired for the unauthorised change of use of the land.

Without Planning Permission the material change of use of the land for a motorcross track with associated jumps and rollovers

Authority
Mole Valley District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector
Walker A
Postcode
KT22 0AN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether immunity has been acquired for the unauthorised change of use of the land

What decided it

The appellants proved on the balance of probabilities, through aerial photography, witness evidence and a track diary, that the land had been used continuously as a motocross track for more than 10 years before the notice was issued.

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