Parcel 4048, Durley Hill, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset

Planning appeal 3353889 at Parcel 4048, Durley Hill, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset (Bath and North East Somerset Council) was dismissed on 14 February 2025 by Inspector Fagan N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether copies of the enforcement notice were served as required by section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Change of use of land from agriculture to a mixed use consisting of agriculture, the stationing of caravans for residential use, waste transfer station, burning of waste and open air storage

Authority: Bath and North East Somerset Council
Appeal type: major · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Fagan N
Postcode: BS31 2AT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether copies of the enforcement notice were served as required by section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
Whether the matters alleged in the notice as being a breach of planning control have occurred as a matter of fact
Whether the matters alleged constitute a breach of planning control
Whether enforcement action could be taken at the date the notice was issued
Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy any breach of planning control
Whether the compliance period specified in the notice is reasonable

What decided it

The Inspector found that the open-air storage and residential caravan use constituted an unauthorised change of use that occurred less than 10 years before the notice was issued, and that some storage structures were necessary for the lawful agricultural use, justifying a partial variation of the notice.

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