Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Abbots Leigh Kennels , Pill Road , Bristol , North Somerset , BS8 3RD
Planning appeal 3348648 at Land Adjacent to Abbots Leigh Kennels , Pill Road , Bristol , North Somerset , BS8 3RD (North Somerset Council) was dismissed on 13 October 2025 by Inspector Braithwaite J, 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.
the material change of use of the land to a mixed use of agricultural use and a B8 storage use, primarily consisting of the storage of stone
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Braithwaite J
- Postcode
- BS8 3RD
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
What decided it
The stone remained stored in piles away from the boundary wall at the time the enforcement notice was issued, with no evidence of any preparatory or repair works undertaken, establishing that the breach of planning control had occurred as a matter of fact.
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