Land to the south of Bedfont Road, Stanwell, Staines, TW19 7LE

‘the material change of use of the land to use as vehicle parking and storage’

Authority: Spelthorne Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Buchanan R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the vehicle parking and storage is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the NPPF and development plan policy
the effect of the vehicle parking and storage on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
whether other considerations clearly outweigh any harm to the Green Belt and any other harm, so as to amount to very special circumstances

What decided it

The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and purposes caused by the vehicle parking and storage use, combined with the absence of very special circumstances to justify inappropriate development, outweighed the limited economic benefits to the business.

Framework references: 142, 143, 154, 155

Plan policies cited: LP Policy SP4

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