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Notice upheld18 June 20263362681

52 Bridge Mead, Ebley, Stroud, GL5 4BP

Planning appeal 3362681 at 52 Bridge Mead, Ebley, Stroud, GL5 4BP (Stroud District Council) was dismissed on 18 June 2026 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of planning control (material change of use from amenity to residential use and erection of metal fence) has occurred.

Without planning permission and within the last ten years the material change of use of land (shaded grey and edged in black on the attached plan) from amenity use to residential use (C3) and the erection of a metal fence (indicated by a red dotted line on the attached plan) to enclose the land without the benefit of planning permission

Authority
Stroud District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Change of use
Inspector
Hanson S
Postcode
GL5 4BP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the alleged breach of planning control (material change of use from amenity to residential use and erection of metal fence) has occurred
  • Whether, if the breach occurred, it constitutes a breach of planning control
  • Whether the breach had become immune from enforcement action through the passage of ten years
  • Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach

What decided it

The metal fence erected in 2022 physically enclosed the land and prevented public access, fundamentally altering its character from publicly accessible amenity land to private residential use, and this enclosure is integral to and facilitates the unlawful use.

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