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Quashed On Legal Grounds3 September 20253361494

Elford Lowe Farm, Elford Road, Elford, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 9BJ

Planning appeal 3361494 at Elford Lowe Farm, Elford Road, Elford, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 9BJ (Lichfield District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 3 September 2025 by Inspector Franks Z, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the main issue in both cases is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.

Notice A: unauthorised material change of use of land to a mixed use comprising agriculture and Use Class B8 including storage of HGV trailers, large piping, building materials, rubble, wooden pallets and shipping containers; Notice B: engineering operation comprising the raising of the level of the land

Authority
Lichfield District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Franks Z
Postcode
B79 9BJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the main issue in both cases is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

the limited harm to the character and appearance of the area from the mixed-use storage was outweighed by material considerations of national and local policy support for rural diversification and the economic benefits to the farm and other rural businesses

the limited harm to the character and appearance of the countryside, in conflict with Policies BE1 and CP3, was outweighed by material considerations including national and local policy support for rural diversification and the economic benefits associated with the storage use

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy BE1CP3Policy NR1
Judgments
Fayrewood Fish Farms Limited v SSE [1984] JPL 1983; Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207

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