Willow Farm Nursery, Lyne Crossing Road, Lyne, Chertsey, KT16 0AT

Planning appeal 3352653 at Willow Farm Nursery, Lyne Crossing Road, Lyne, Chertsey, KT16 0AT (Runnymede Borough Council) was dismissed on 11 August 2025 by Inspector Freer P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A ground (b): whether the breach of planning control alleged in the notice (erection of a building) has occurred.

use of the land for B8 Storage and Distribution. Summary

Authority: Runnymede Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Freer P
Postcode: KT16 0AT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Appeal A ground (b): whether the breach of planning control alleged in the notice (erection of a building) has occurred
Appeal A ground (a): whether the breach of planning control is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, the effect on openness of the Green Belt, and whether very special circumstances exist to justify the development
Appeal A ground (g): whether the period for compliance of six months is reasonable
Appeal B: whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development for B8 Storage and Distribution use was well-founded

What decided it

The building was erected on land that was not previously developed, making it inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it, and the appellant failed to prove continuous ten-year use of Area B for B8 Storage and Distribution.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy EE17
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154

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