®Planning appeal decision
Notice varied and upheld6 June 20253353592
Besom Hill End Farm, 817 Ripponden Road, Oldham, OL4 2JZ
- Authority
- Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- McGlone A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control (change of use to demolition equipment storage and erection of block walls) had occurred
- Whether the matters constitute a breach of planning control
- Whether enforcement action was barred by the ten-year time limit
- Whether the enforcement notice requirements exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach
- Whether the compliance period is reasonable
What decided it
The significant change in character of activities on the land from agriculture to demolition equipment storage, evidenced by the quantity and type of equipment and the nature of the business operation, constituted a material change of use and operational development in breach of planning control that had not become immune from enforcement action.
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