Planning appeal decision
The Poplars Three Gates, Leigh, Sherborne, DT9 6JQ
Planning appeal 3327657 at The Poplars Three Gates, Leigh, Sherborne, DT9 6JQ (Dorset) was allowed on 10 December 2024 by Inspector Bale M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred.
Material change of use from mixed agricultural use and tree surgeon's service yard to repair and maintenance of domestic and commercial motor vehicles, storage of domestic and commercial motor vehicles and storage of other vehicles; operational development comprising extension to existing building, corrugated shed, pole barn, static mobile home, driveway and hardstanding
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bale M
- Postcode
- DT9 6JQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred
What decided it
The enforcement notice did not accurately describe the breach of planning control because agricultural and tree surgeon's service yard uses continue at the site, and the notice contained ambiguities that meant it went beyond remedying the actual breach.
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