®Planning appeal decision
Land on the East Side of Reading Road, Cholsey, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9HG
Planning appeal 3331409 at Land on the East Side of Reading Road, Cholsey, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9HG (South Oxfordshire District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 5 March 2026 by Inspector Kean G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice has occurred as a matter of fact (ground b).
the material change of use of the Land from agricultural land to a mixed use Sui generis use of leisure, outdoor education and outdoor therapeutic uses including facilitating development comprising the erection of wooden cabin with raised platform, wooden camping toilet cubicle, wooden sheds, wood stores and tree platform which are identified on the plan at Appendix 2 ("the Layout Plan")
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Kean G
- Postcode
- OX10 9HG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice has occurred as a matter of fact (ground b)
- Whether the matters alleged, if they have occurred, constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)
- Whether at the date the notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken in respect of any breach of planning control (ground d)
What decided it
The use of the land for leisure and woodland purposes had become immune from enforcement action by August 2013, more than ten years before the enforcement notice was issued in August 2023, as evidenced by consistent use patterns documented from 2007 onwards and the Council's own acknowledgment in 2009 that development requiring permission had occurred.
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