®Planning appeal decision
Land at Luxborough Lakes , Luxborough Lane , Chigwell, Essex, IG7 5DF
without planning permission: the material change of use of the land for a mixed use of recreational water sports, including wild swimming, paddleboarding, bathing and fishing, as a café and for the parking of motor vehicles
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- White P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use has occurred for a period of 10 years prior to the enforcement notice date (ground d)
- Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground f)
- Whether the period specified in the notice falls short of what should reasonably be allowed (ground g)
What decided it
The appellants failed to provide evidence that the specific mixed use described in the notice had occurred for a continuous 10-year period prior to the enforcement notice date, and the notice requirements were the minimum necessary to remedy the breach, though the compliance period required extension from two to three months for the gravel removal works.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.