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Notice upheld8 December 20253331438

Land North of Waterhead Range, Lake Road, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0DS

Planning appeal 3331438 at Land North of Waterhead Range, Lake Road, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0DS (Lake District) was dismissed on 8 December 2025 by Inspector Freer P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether copies of the enforcement notice were served as required by Section 172 of the 1990 Act.

Material change of use of land from agriculture to use for storage of building materials, equipment and waste and associated importation of waste to raise ground levels

Authority
Lake District
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Change of use
Inspector
Freer P
Postcode
LA22 0DS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether copies of the enforcement notice were served as required by Section 172 of the 1990 Act
  • Whether the matters stated in the notice constitute a breach of planning control
  • Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
  • Whether the period for compliance specified in the notice is reasonable

What decided it

The storage of building materials cannot benefit from permitted development rights under Class A of the GPDO because the adjoining property does not adjoin the appeal site, and the raising of ground levels constitutes an engineering operation for which no planning permission has been granted.

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The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

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