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Notice varied and upheld20 January 20263374413

Connors Field, Church Lane, Bickenhill, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 0DS

Planning appeal 3374413 at Connors Field, Church Lane, Bickenhill, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 0DS (Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 20 January 2026 by Inspector Madge M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether a material change of use of the land from a field with nil use to a parking area for vehicles and unauthorised operational development creating a hardstanding area have occurred.

Without planning permission; i) The unauthorised material change of use of the Land edged red on the attached plan, from a field with nil use to a parking area for vehicles. ii) Unauthorised operational development creating a hardstanding area on the Land as area hatched green on the attached plan

Authority
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Madge M
Postcode
B92 0DS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether a material change of use of the land from a field with nil use to a parking area for vehicles and unauthorised operational development creating a hardstanding area have occurred
  • Whether the period specified in the enforcement notice for compliance is reasonable

What decided it

The parking areas were ancillary to the primary lawful use of the land for caravan stationing rather than constituting a material change of use to a primary parking use.

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