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Dismissed22 September 20253348898

Scrap Metal Yard, The Brambles, Southminster Road, Asheldham, Southminster, CM0 7DZ

Planning appeal 3348898 at Scrap Metal Yard, The Brambles, Southminster Road, Asheldham, Southminster, CM0 7DZ (Maldon District Council) was dismissed on 22 September 2025 by Inspector Dyer S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the Council's decision to refuse the application was well-founded.

existing use of site to recycle scrap materials

Authority
Maldon District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Dyer S
Postcode
CM0 7DZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether or not the Council's decision to refuse the application was well-founded

What decided it

The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence that the site had been used to recycle scrap materials continuously for the required ten-year period, with critical gaps in documentation coverage and undated or unexplained photographic evidence.

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