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Dismissed20 February 20243325523

Land South of Parchey View, Ward Lane, Chedzoy, Bridgwater, TA7 8RW

Planning appeal 3325523 at Land South of Parchey View, Ward Lane, Chedzoy, Bridgwater, TA7 8RW (Sedgemoor District Council *) was dismissed on 20 February 2024 by Inspector Blackwell J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether use of the site as a storage yard for business purposes (B8 storage and distribution) was immune from enforcement, and therefore lawful for the purpose of the 1990 Act, as at the date of application.

storage yard for business purposes (B8 storage and distribution). Summary

Authority
Sedgemoor District Council *
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Blackwell J
Postcode
TA7 8RW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether use of the site as a storage yard for business purposes (B8 storage and distribution) was immune from enforcement, and therefore lawful for the purpose of the 1990 Act, as at the date of application

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate that the planning unit had been used continuously and exclusively as a storage yard for business purposes (B8) for the ten-year period required to establish immunity from enforcement, as the evidence showed a mixed use including vehicle repairs, sales, agricultural purposes, and crane driver training.

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