®Planning appeal decision
Land North Of Perry Leigh, Grove Road, Selling, Kent, ME13 9RN
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
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.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.