Planning appeal decision
Land on the East Side of Wicken Road, Leckhampstead , Buckinghamshire , MK18 5NZ
Planning appeal 3332316 at Land on the East Side of Wicken Road, Leckhampstead , Buckinghamshire , MK18 5NZ (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was dismissed on 11 August 2025 by Inspector Preston C, 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).
Without planning permission, the material change of use of the land shown outlined in black on the attached plan to B8 (Storage), the stationing of vehicles on the Land facilitating the unauthorised use and the erection of structures on the Land
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Preston C
- Postcode
- MK18 5NZ
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 there has been a material change of use of the land (ground c)
What decided it
The appellants failed to demonstrate on the balance of probability that the alleged breach had not occurred, as the vehicles, stored items and structures on the land had no obvious connection to agriculture and represented a material change of use without planning permission.
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