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Planning permission granted14 July 20263351402

Coldharbour Farm, Chickerell, Weymouth, DT3 4BG

Planning appeal 3351402 at Coldharbour Farm, Chickerell, Weymouth, DT3 4BG (Dorset) was allowed on 14 July 2026 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice was properly served on everyone with an interest in the land under section 172(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Without planning permission: a) The material change of use of the Land from agricultural use to use for storage purposes. b) The siting of metal containers on the Land in association with and in order to facilitate the unlawful change of use of the Land for storage. c) Laying out and construction of a roadway and pillars in association with and in order to facilitate the unlawful change of use of the Land for storage

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Hocking P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the enforcement notice was properly served on everyone with an interest in the land under section 172(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

What decided it

The enforcement notice was not properly served on all persons with a materially affected interest in the land as required by section 172(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and the Inspector found it would be unjust to proceed without such service.

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