
Published Tuesday 11 February 2025 at 13:21
A Planning Inspector has upheld an enforcement notice that we served on the landowners at Hall Moss Farm – close to Whitehall Park.
The notice was to stop the unlawful residential use of the land there, requiring the removal of all caravans.
It set out that the land must also be returned to the condition it was before the unlawful encampment.
Legally, we must give an appropriate amount of time to allow this to happen.
Following an appeal by the landowner, the Inspector has upheld our enforcement notice.
However, the nine months we had originally allowed from July 2024 has been extended to 11 months from April this year.
In part, this is so that a decision can be made on a retrospective planning application that has since been submitted.
This was registered in January.
The application is seeking a change of use of the land from agriculture to a Gypsy caravan site, including six plots – each with a static and two mobile caravans.
In addition, the application seeks permission for a utility block, porous stone hard standing and associated fencing.
You can read the full decision notice using this link.
Please enter the appeal reference: 3349797