Land North Of Perry Leigh, Grove Road, Selling, Kent, ME13 9RN

Planning appeal 3375967 at Land North Of Perry Leigh, Grove Road, Selling, Kent, ME13 9RN (Swale Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 20 April 2026 by Inspector Douglas L, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: For the appeal under ground (b) to succeed, the appellant needs to show that the alleged breach of planning control has not occurred.

Without planning permission, the material change of use of Land from a mixed use comprising (1) part for the making and recycling of pallets and (2) part for the keeping and grazing of horses; and part for the siting of 3 containers used for purposes ancillary to the keeping and grazing of horses and the making and recycling of pallets; to a mixed use comprising (1) part for the making and recycling of pallets and (2) part for the keeping and grazing of horses and (3) part for the siting of more than 3 storage containers (currently 17) used for the storage of machinery and materials associated with the keeping and grazing of horses and the making and recycling of pallets

Authority: Swale Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Douglas L
Postcode: ME13 9RN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

For the appeal under ground (b) to succeed, the appellant needs to show that the alleged breach of planning control has not occurred
For the appeal under ground (c) to succeed, the appellant needs to show that the alleged breach does not constitute a breach of planning control, on the balance of probabilities

What decided it

The storage containers were found to be functionally related and proportionate to the established lawful mixed use, with only a low level of intensification insufficient to amount to a material change of use.

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