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Notice upheld17 December 20253352069

Maidens Farm, High Easter, Chelmsford, CM3 1HU

Planning appeal 3352069 at Maidens Farm, High Easter, Chelmsford, CM3 1HU (Uttlesford District Council) was dismissed on 17 December 2025 by Inspector Preston C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the operational development was substantially completed more than four years before the enforcement notice was served, such that it had gained immunity from enforcement action.

Without planning permission the erection of two side extensions, the installation of a biomass boiler and associated structures

Authority
Uttlesford District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector
Preston C
Postcode
CM3 1HU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the operational development was substantially completed more than four years before the enforcement notice was served, such that it had gained immunity from enforcement action
  • Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control

What decided it

The appellants failed to demonstrate on the balance of probability that the development was substantially completed before the four-year immunity deadline of 12 August 2020, with the evidence being ambiguous and incomplete.

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