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Quashed On Legal Grounds7 January 20263362522

Land South of Waybutt Lane, Balterley Crewe, CW2 5QB

Planning appeal 3362522 at Land South of Waybutt Lane, Balterley Crewe, CW2 5QB (Staffordshire County Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 7 January 2026 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice is valid and sufficiently clear in specifying the steps required for compliance to remedy the alleged breach of planning control.

‘Without the benefit of planning permission the material change of use of the Land to a mix of agriculture and the importation, storage and deposit of waste materials, including (but not limited to) soils, construction, demolition and mixed shredded wastes, including metals and plastics.’

Authority
Staffordshire County Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
minerals-waste · Change of use
Inspector
Hitchcock R
Postcode
CW2 5QB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the enforcement notice is valid and sufficiently clear in specifying the steps required for compliance to remedy the alleged breach of planning control

What decided it

The enforcement notice failed to specify with sufficient clarity the steps required for compliance because its requirements did not adequately address all elements of the alleged mixed use, and correction would inevitably worsen the appellant's position.

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