Planning appeal decision
Upper Brandon Farm, Brandon Crescent, Scracroft, Leeds, LS17 9JH
Planning appeal 3353150 at Upper Brandon Farm, Brandon Crescent, Scracroft, Leeds, LS17 9JH (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 12 September 2025 by Inspector Harbottle M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of planning control has occurred in fact.
Without planning permission, the material change of use to a mixed-use comprising a (B2) timber processing use, and the (sui generis) storage of heavy plant vehicles and machinery and a dwelling house
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Harbottle M
- Postcode
- LS17 9JH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control has occurred in fact
- Whether the timber processing and storage uses are incidental to lawful uses of the land as a dwellinghouse and for agriculture respectively
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are excessive
What decided it
The timber processing and storage uses were not incidental to any lawful use of the land and therefore constituted an unauthorised material change of use in breach of planning control.
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