West End House , West End Street, OLDHAM, OL9 6DW

described as: The unauthorised change of use of the land from café banqueting hall to a mixed use of café and banqueting hall and land used for storage purposes, involving the erection of 15 metal shipping containers on the land shown edged in blue on the plan. The development was refused retrospective planning permission (FUL/348539/22) by the Council on 19 October 2022 and an appeal against that refusal was dismissed by the Planning Inspectorate on 27 July 2023 (APP/W4233/W/22/3313476)

Authority: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Pleasant L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are excessive to achieve the purpose of remedying the breach of planning control
Whether the compliance period is reasonable

What decided it

The compliance period of three months was unreasonable given the practical necessity to find new premises and relocate 15 containers and their contents, warranting variation to six months.

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