Planning appeal decision
Land at Simonswood Industrial Estate, Stopgate Lane, Kirkby, CA17 4DS
Planning appeal 3350860 at Land at Simonswood Industrial Estate, Stopgate Lane, Kirkby, CA17 4DS (Lancashire County Council) was allowed on 4 December 2024 by Inspector Ken McEntee, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the compliance periods specified in the enforcement notice are reasonable.
Without planning permission, the change of use of land to a facility for the processing of inert waste materials”
- Authority
- Lancashire County Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- minerals-waste · Change of use
- Inspector
- Ken McEntee
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the compliance periods specified in the enforcement notice are reasonable
What decided it
The Inspector accepted the Council's proposed four-month compliance period for requirement (ii) as reasonable, noting it would provide the appellant with more than seven months total to comply, which exceeded the appellant's own requests.
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