Guy Lodge Farm, Whitewebbs Lane, Enfield, EN2 9HJ

Without planning permission, the unauthorised change of use of part of the Premises (outlined in red on the plan for identification purposes) with the erection and positioning of assiociated structures, for the commercial storage and distribution of wooden pallets

Authority: London Borough of Enfield
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Graham J
Postcode: EN2 9HJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether, by the date when the Notices were issued, the time available to the Council for taking enforcement action had expired (ground (d))
Whether the compliance period specified by the Notice falls short of what should reasonably be allowed (ground (g))

What decided it

Whether the unlawful storage use had continued without significant interruption for more than ten years before the notices were issued, particularly whether the 2016 fire broke that continuity.

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