Land Between Convergence of Durley Park and Durley Lane, Durley Hill, Keynsham, Somerset, BS31 2AQ

Planning appeal 3331993 at Land Between Convergence of Durley Park and Durley Lane, Durley Hill, Keynsham, Somerset, BS31 2AQ (Bath and North East Somerset Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 6 October 2025 by Inspector Preston C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred as a matter of fact (ground b).

Without planning permission, the change of use of agricultural land to a mixed use for storage (including vehicle storage), and the breaking, repair and sale of vehicles and vehicle parts

Authority: Bath and North East Somerset Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Preston C
Postcode: BS31 2AQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred as a matter of fact (ground b)
Whether the requirement to remove the storage buildings is justified (ground d)
Whether the requirements of the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground f)
Whether the period for compliance is reasonable (ground g)

What decided it

The Inspector's finding that the site was being used for vehicle storage, repair and sales rather than agriculture, supported by photographic evidence of numerous vehicles in various states of repair and the building's construction coinciding with a shift in activity away from agricultural use.

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