Planning appeal decision
West Handley Nursery, West Handley,, Sheffield, S21 5RZ
Planning appeal 3324011 at West Handley Nursery, West Handley,, Sheffield, S21 5RZ (North East Derbyshire District Council) was dismissed on 15 January 2024 by Inspector Rogers B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of planning control has occurred as a matter of fact (ground b).
Without planning permission, a material change of use of the Land from a use as a nursery and landscaping business to a mixed use comprising: use as a nursery and landscaping business; operation of a skip hire contractor’s base including the importation and sorting of waste; use for the storage of vehicles, scrap vehicles, vehicle parts, scrap metals and other waste materials; use for the siting of a static caravan used for human habitation
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Rogers B
- Postcode
- S21 5RZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control has occurred as a matter of fact (ground b)
- Whether the alleged material change of use amounts to a breach of planning control (ground c)
What decided it
The appellants failed to provide evidence demonstrating that the skip hire operations, vehicle storage, waste materials, and residential caravan use were related to or authorised by the 2016 planning permission for nursery and landscaping business use.
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