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Notice upheld25 June 20253362314

Willbox, Crescent Estate, Station Road, Southampton, SO16 0YD

Planning appeal 3362314 at Willbox, Crescent Estate, Station Road, Southampton, SO16 0YD (Test Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 25 June 2025 by Inspector McEntee K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the compliance period for the enforcement notice should be extended to 12 months to allow time for submission and determination of a planning application to reposition the workshop canopies and for staff to find alternative employment.

Alleged without planning permission the material change in use of the land to a mixed use comprising Storage and Distribution of containers (Use Class B8) and the fabrication and conversion of containers (Use Class B2) and associated Operational Development and comprising the erection of two workshop buildings”

Authority
Test Valley Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
McEntee K
Postcode
SO16 0YD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the compliance period for the enforcement notice should be extended to 12 months to allow time for submission and determination of a planning application to reposition the workshop canopies and for staff to find alternative employment

What decided it

The Inspector has no power under ground (g) to extend the compliance period as this would be tantamount to granting temporary planning permission, and the three-month period (effectively six months from appeal submission) is reasonable and proportionate.

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