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Notice upheld6 September 20243342736

Oakleigh Farm Buckland Road, Higham, Rochester, ME3 7HY

Planning appeal 3342736 at Oakleigh Farm Buckland Road, Higham, Rochester, ME3 7HY (Gravesham Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 September 2024 by Inspector McEntee K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the compliance period of 4 months specified in the enforcement notice is reasonable.

Without the benefit of planning permission the material change of the Land (and buildings thereon) from agricultural use to a mixed use comprising of Use Class E(g) (Industrial Processes), B2 (General Industrial) and B8 (Storage & Distribution), including for the avoidance of doubt open storage of plant and materials in connection with the unauthorised uses”

Authority
Gravesham Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
McEntee K
Postcode
ME3 7HY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the compliance period of 4 months specified in the enforcement notice is reasonable

What decided it

The Inspector found no good reason to extend the compliance period further, as the appellant would have approximately 9 months in total to arrange the necessary works, which exceeded the appellant's own requested deadline of 12 November 2024.

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