Land at Bellswood Farm, Bellswood Lane, Iver, Buckinghamshire, SL0 0LU

Planning appeal 3361284 at Land at Bellswood Farm, Bellswood Lane, Iver, Buckinghamshire, SL0 0LU (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was dismissed on 29 July 2025 by Inspector Shields T, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the laying of hardstanding alleged in the notice constitutes a breach of planning control (ground (c)).

Without planning permission, the laying of hardstanding and erection of fencing and gates

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Shields T
Postcode: SL0 0LU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the laying of hardstanding alleged in the notice constitutes a breach of planning control (ground (c))
Whether the hardstanding was substantially completed more than 4 years before the notice was issued, hence before 7 January 2021, so as to be immune from enforcement action (ground (d))

What decided it

The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proving, on the balance of probabilities, that the hardstanding was substantially completed more than four years before the notice was issued, and separately that the 2024 works amounted to a fresh breach of planning control.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Nelsovil v SSE [1962] 13 P&CR 151; Thrasyvoulou v SSE & Hackney LBC (No1) [1984] JPL 732; Ravensdale Ltd v SSCLG & Waltham Forest LBC [2016] EWHC 2374 (Admin); Gabbitas v SSE & Newham LBC [1985] JPL 630

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