Planning appeal decision
Tyburn Cottage Tithe Barn Lane, Hockley Heath, Solihull, B94 5DJ
Planning appeal 3359453 at Tyburn Cottage Tithe Barn Lane, Hockley Heath, Solihull, B94 5DJ (Stratford-on-Avon District Council) was dismissed on 12 March 2026 by Inspector Freer P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice is a nullity or invalid.
Change of use of land from paddock (agricultural use) to mixed use comprising stationing of single static caravan/mobile home for security purposes, storage of single static caravan/mobile home, grazing of horses, and exercising and walking of dogs in connection with Julianna's Kennels, Cattery and Grooming Parlour business, together with installation of metal gates, erection of timber fence, and importation and laying of aggregate material and paving slabs to create hardstanding
- Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Freer P
- Postcode
- B94 5DJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice is a nullity or invalid
- Whether the matters alleged in the notice have occurred (ground b)
- Whether at the date the notice was issued enforcement action could be taken (ground d)
- Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach (ground f)
What decided it
The stationing and storage of caravans commenced in September 2023, less than ten years before the enforcement notice was issued on 21 January 2025, so the breach had not become immune from enforcement action.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Stratford-on-Avon District Core Strategy (2011-2031)Tanworth in Arden Neighbourhood Development Plan
- Judgments
- Miller Mead v MHLG [1963] 2QB 196; Oates v SoCLG and Canterbury [2017] EWHC 2716
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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