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Quashed On Legal Grounds17 September 20253321546

Trotters & Gills Lake, Willoughby Road, Ashby Magna, Leicetsershire, LE17 5NP

Planning appeal 3321546 at Trotters & Gills Lake, Willoughby Road, Ashby Magna, Leicetsershire, LE17 5NP (Harborough District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 17 September 2025 by Inspector Ollerenshaw M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice correctly specifies the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance.

Without planning permission, the material change of use of the land (outlined in red) for the siting of a mobile home for residential use in the approximate location identified by black hatching on the attached plan, and shown in photograph at Appendix A of this notice. The requirements of the notice are to: a) Cease the use of the mobile home for residential use; b) Remove from the land the mobile home and all associated structures, fixtures and fittings and hard surfaces

Authority
Harborough District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Ollerenshaw M
Postcode
LE17 5NP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the enforcement notice correctly specifies the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance

What decided it

The enforcement notice failed to correctly identify the planning unit and the mixed use on the land, making it invalid and incapable of correction without injustice.

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