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Notice varied and upheld22 April 20253322948

The Berney Arms, Berney Arms, Reedham, Norfolk, NR30 1SB

Planning appeal 3322948 at The Berney Arms, Berney Arms, Reedham, Norfolk, NR30 1SB (Broads) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 22 April 2025 by Inspector Whitfield J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control on ground (d).

Material change of use of land from a public house to a mixed use of a public house, the stationing of static caravans for residential occupation, the stationing of touring caravans for residential occupation and the residential use of a building

Authority
Broads
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Whitfield J
Postcode
NR30 1SB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control on ground (d)
  • Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control on ground (f)

What decided it

The appellants failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence that the residential use of the land commenced on or before 26 April 2013 and continued uninterrupted for 10 years, as required to establish immunity from enforcement action under section 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

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