Little Willow, Oxford Road, Eynsham, OX29 4BT

Planning appeal 3366181 at Little Willow, Oxford Road, Eynsham, OX29 4BT (West Oxfordshire District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 20 October 2025 by Inspector Graham J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the notice have, as a matter of fact, occurred (ground (b)).

Enforcement notice alleging (1) material change of use of land from agriculture to stationing of caravans for residential purposes, (2) raising of land levels, erection of a retaining structure and creation of hardstanding, and (3) erection of timber fencing

Authority: West Oxfordshire District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector: Graham J
Postcode: OX29 4BT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the matters alleged in the notice have, as a matter of fact, occurred (ground (b))
Whether, at the date the notice was issued, enforcement action was time-barred (ground (d))
Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground (f))

What decided it

The Previous Notice constituted 'purported' enforcement action against the same land-raising breach, engaging the second bite provision under s.171B(4) and defeating the ground (d) time-bar argument once the notice was corrected to remove the wider timber-fencing allegation.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Fidler v FSS & Reigate and Banstead BC [2003] EWHC 2003 (Admin), [2004] EWCA Civ 1295; [2005] JPL 510; Jarmain v SSETR [2000] 2 PLR 126

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