Planning appeal decision
Land Adjoining Orchard Cottage, Warpsgrove Lane, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, OX44 7RW
Planning appeal 3340854 at Land Adjoining Orchard Cottage, Warpsgrove Lane, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, OX44 7RW (South Oxfordshire District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 11 September 2025 by Inspector Hawkins S, 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 Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
without planning permission, the material change of use of land from agricultural use to residential use including the siting of three static mobile homes and associated facilitating development
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- OX44 7RW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether copies of the enforcement notice were served as required by section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The failure to serve copies of the enforcement notice on all persons with an interest in the property, combined with the substantial prejudice that would result to the occupiers and other affected parties, meant the appeal on ground (e) succeeded and the notice was quashed.
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