Planning appeal decision
Land South of Primrose Lane , Mirfield , West Yorkshire , WF14 0DN
Planning appeal 3322719 at Land South of Primrose Lane , Mirfield , West Yorkshire , WF14 0DN (Kirklees Metropolitan Council) was dismissed on 31 January 2024 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged constitute a breach of planning control (ground c).
without the benefit of planning permission, the material change of use of the site to storage (including but not limited to, shipping containers, wooden palettes, processed logs, plastic containers, water pipes, building materials and lorry backs) alongside the erection of a metal clad building, engineering operations to raise land levels and installation of a retaining wall to facilitate the storage use
- Authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- WF14 0DN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)
- Whether at the date the notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken (ground d)
- Whether the compliance period of 60 days is reasonable (ground g)
What decided it
The appellants failed to demonstrate that the material change of use to storage had been carried out continuously for ten years, and the evidence showed the change of use occurred within the last few years, therefore the enforcement notice was upheld.
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