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Quashed On Legal Grounds25 February 20263343128

Reata Car Storage, Etwall Road, Willington, Derby, DE65 6HE

Planning appeal 3343128 at Reata Car Storage, Etwall Road, Willington, Derby, DE65 6HE (South Derbyshire District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 25 February 2026 by Inspector Jones D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether at the time the enforcement notice was issued it was too late to take enforcement action under section 174(2)(d) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

the making of a material change of use of the land from use for storage of caravans and motorhomes to a mixed use of storage and residential use, together with the siting and occupation of a residential caravan, without planning permission

Authority
South Derbyshire District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Jones D
Postcode
DE65 6HE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether at the time the enforcement notice was issued it was too late to take enforcement action under section 174(2)(d) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

What decided it

The statutory declarations of the appellant and his ex-wife, which the Inspector found precise, unambiguous and credible, established that residential use commenced in July 2013 and continued uninterrupted, placing it beyond the 10-year enforcement time limit.

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