Planning appeal decision
Part Land East of Mariawood, Hulver Street, Henstead, Suffolk, NR34 7UE
Planning appeal 3331692 at Part Land East of Mariawood, Hulver Street, Henstead, Suffolk, NR34 7UE (East Suffolk) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 30 October 2025 by Inspector Steen A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters described in the enforcement notice have occurred, specifically whether there has been a material change of use from residential amenity use to storage use.
without planning permission, the unauthorised material change of use of the land from a residential amenity use to a storage use, for the siting of a mobile home (“the Unauthorised Use”) and the laying of hardstanding (“the Unauthorised Development”)
- Authority
- East Suffolk
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Steen A
- Postcode
- NR34 7UE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters described in the enforcement notice have occurred, specifically whether there has been a material change of use from residential amenity use to storage use
What decided it
The residential amenity use of the land had not ceased as alleged in the notice; the land was in mixed residential and storage use, making the alleged material change of use factually incorrect.
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