Park Farm, Colliers Lane, Newton St Loe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9JA

without planning permission, the material change of use of agricultural land to holiday accommodation (C3 residential), siting of converted shipping container (building), erection of decking and balustrade, and siting of domestic paraphernalia

Authority: Bath and North East Somerset Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Hartley D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control or injury to amenity (ground (f))
Whether the period specified in the notice for compliance is reasonable (ground (g))

What decided it

The removal of the shipping container is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control, and the four-month compliance period is reasonable and proportionate given the planning harm identified in the earlier section 78 appeal decision.

Plan policies cited: Policy RE7 of the Bath and North East Somerset Placemaking Plan 2017

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