Bromley Hayes Garden Centre, Shaw Lane, Riley Hill, LICHFIELD, WS13 8HW

commencement of development of planning permission 20/01836/COUM

Authority: Lichfield District Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Savage M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application for a certificate of lawful use or development is well founded

What decided it

The photographic evidence from August 2023 showing substantial excavation works at the location of the proposed access drive and bell mouth, combined with the appellant's contemporaneous notice to the Council and approval of pre-commencement conditions, demonstrated that a material operation comprised in the permission had been begun before the three-year deadline of 6 October 2024.

Judgments cited: Malvern Hills DC vs Secretary of State for the Environment [1982] JPL 439; Spackman vs Secretary of State for the Environment and Another [1977] 33 P&CR 430

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