Decision Maker: Planning Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Consideration was given to the cases in the Enforcement List *.
Note: * List previously circulated; copy attached to the signed Minutes.
Arising thereon:
a) No. 1 in the Enforcement List (Enforcement Case ENF/19/00053/COU – Change of use of land and buildings to a use for human habitation and to the other to facilitate the storage of materials required or intended for use in the building works – agricultural buildings on Ratsash lane, Uffculme)
The Enforcement Officer outlined the contents of the report highlighting by way of presentation the 2 parcels of land in question and the location and history of the site. He provided the meeting with pictures of the buildings in 2014 and identified them as agricultural buildings; the photographs taken in 2017 identified that one of the buildings had been converted into a dwelling and the other as being used for storage for building materials. Photographs taken in April 2019 showed habitation of the agricultural building and work was continuing on the structure and that the storage building was being used for building equipment. He had visited the site prior to committee and noted that there had been some attempt to take down the roof. He explained that there had been 19 items of correspondence with the landowner over a number of years.
Consideration was given to:
· The views of the landowner who felt that he was immune from enforcement action as he had been receiving correspondence for 4 years with regard to the use of the land and that no action had been taken against him to date; he needed the buildings for family time and that he had been using it for that purpose for 4 years.
· The history of actions on the site, the advice given by 6 separate planning officers in relation to the use of the land and that any habitation of the building was against planning policy.
RESOLVED that delegated authority be given to the Group Manager for Legal Services and Monitoring Officer to take all such steps and action necessary to secure the cessation of the unauthorised use, including the issue of an enforcement notice and prosecution and/or Direct Action in the event of non-compliance with the notice.
(Proposed by the Chairman)
Note: Mr May spoke as landowner.
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Publication date: 26/04/2019
Date of decision: 23/04/2019
Decided at meeting: 23/04/2019 - Planning Committee
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