Stuart Nurseries, 57 North Cray Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 5EU

Planning appeal 3321955 at Stuart Nurseries, 57 North Cray Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 5EU (London Borough of Bexley) was dismissed on 31 October 2023 by Inspector Dyer S, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue in a ground (d) appeal is whether at the date when the enforcement notice was issued it was too late to take enforcement action on the basis of the time limit set out in section 171B(3) of the Act.

(1) Land Area 15: Without planning permission, the material change of use of Land Area 15 for open storage together with the parking of vehicles, plant and machinery. (2) Land Area 24: Without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land Area 24, to a mixed use for the deposit and storage of wood, manure, green waste and soil (waste classification code 17.05.04) and of inert materials; the activity of processing these materials on Land Area 24 using associated plant and machinery connected with that use; and for the parking and storage of plant, vehicles and machinery on Land Area 24. i) The mixed use of an access road, shown in the approximate location by a purple line on land area 24, for commercial uses associated with the use outlined in (2) above

Authority: London Borough of Bexley
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: minerals-waste · Change of use
Inspector: Dyer S
Postcode: DA14 5EU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The main issue in a ground (d) appeal is whether at the date when the enforcement notice was issued it was too late to take enforcement action on the basis of the time limit set out in section 171B(3) of the Act
For the LDC appeal, the main issue is whether the Council's decision to refuse the application for an LDC on this basis was well-founded
An appeal on ground (b) is that the matters to which the notice relates have not occurred
Ground (g) is that the period specified for compliance with the notice falls short of what should reasonably be allowed

What decided it

The appellants failed to demonstrate, on the balance of probabilities, that the alleged breaches of planning control had occurred and continued without interruption for the full ten years required to establish immunity from enforcement action.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Burdle v Secretary of State for the Environment [1972] WLR 1207

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