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Notice varied and upheld29 April 20263327265

Riley Hill Farm, The Barrow, Cradley, WR13 5JE

Planning appeal 3327265 at Riley Hill Farm, The Barrow, Cradley, WR13 5JE (Herefordshire Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 29 April 2026 by Inspector Jones D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, on ground (d), the operational development to create the motocross track with jumps had been substantially completed more than four years before the notice was issued so as to be immune from enforcement action.

without planning permission the creation of a motocross track with jumps within the area of land outlined in red on the accompanying plan

Authority
Herefordshire Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector
Jones D
Postcode
WR13 5JE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether, on ground (d), the operational development to create the motocross track with jumps had been substantially completed more than four years before the notice was issued so as to be immune from enforcement action
  • Whether, on ground (f), the steps required by the notice are excessive and lesser steps could overcome the breach of planning control or injury to amenity

What decided it

The Inspector's finding, as a matter of fact and degree, that the September 2019 works resulted in the creation of an entirely new motocross track rather than the modification of the pre-existing one, meaning the development was not immune from enforcement action.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Miller-Mead v Minister of Housing and Local Government [1963] 2 WLR 225; Oates v SSCLG & Canterbury CC [2017] EWHC 2716 (Admin), [2018] EWCA Civ 2229; [2019] JPL 251; Hewlett v Secretary of State for the Environment v Brentwood DC [1985] WL 311159

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