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Notice upheld17 December 20253365481

Ambleside Tap Yard, Rydal Road, Ambleside, LA22 9AN

Planning appeal 3365481 at Ambleside Tap Yard, Rydal Road, Ambleside, LA22 9AN (Lake District) was dismissed on 17 December 2025 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the building operations constitute development within the meaning of section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

without planning permission, operational development has occurred specifically building operations consisting of the installation of plant and equipment as shown on the photographs appended with this notice

Authority
Lake District
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Hartley D
Postcode
LA22 9AN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the building operations constitute development within the meaning of section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
  • Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control on ground (d)

What decided it

The appellants failed to demonstrate with sufficient precision and objective evidence that unit 1 was substantially complete before the four-year immunity period expired, and photographic evidence indicated installation occurred between October 2021 and May 2023, after which the enforcement notice was validly issued.

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