Harrogate Riding Centre, SPRINGHOUSE FARM , RUDDING LANE, North Rigton, N YORKS, HG3 1PW

Without planning permission the unauthorised material change of use of the land from a Horse Riding and Language Centre to a mixed use as a Horse Riding and Language Centre together with a bus and coach travel company operating centre

Authority: North Yorkshire Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Robbie G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice, if they have occurred, constitute a breach of planning control
Whether at the date the notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control

What decided it

The material change of use occurred in September 2022 when up to twelve vehicles began operating from the site as a registered operating centre for the appellant's coach business, representing a significant step-change from the previous incidental use of three vehicles for the Harrogate Riding Centre.

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