South Staffordshire DC v SoS Environment and others
Language: English Series: Property and Compensation Reports ; (1988) 55 PCR 258-276(19)Publication details: 1988Subject(s): Summary: QBD 6 April 1987. Second respondents (B) carried on a business from 1941 to 1978 on land owned by the Ministry of Defence. In 1978 B acquired this land. In 1980 the council (S) served an enforcement notice alleging material change of use of the land to warehousing . B appealed and the notice was upheld in relation to the land but allowed in relation to the main warehouse building on the site, which had established use - by the MoD for storing vehicles. B was then granted consent to extend by 15000 sq ft and refurbish this warehouse subject to a condition that use be only for storage purposes within Class X of the Use Classes Order 1972 . Also there should be no storage on any other part of the site. Consent for offices and another warehouse was refused. Subsequently S served enforcement notices on B alleging change of use of the site and a failure to observe the condition. B appealed against refusal of planning permission and against the enforcement notices. The inspector held in fav| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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QBD 6 April 1987. Second respondents (B) carried on a business from 1941 to 1978 on land owned by the Ministry of Defence. In 1978 B acquired this land. In 1980 the council (S) served an enforcement notice alleging material change of use of the land to warehousing . B appealed and the notice was upheld in relation to the land but allowed in relation to the main warehouse building on the site, which had established use - by the MoD for storing vehicles. B was then granted consent to extend by 15000 sq ft and refurbish this warehouse subject to a condition that use be only for storage purposes within Class X of the Use Classes Order 1972 . Also there should be no storage on any other part of the site. Consent for offices and another warehouse was refused. Subsequently S served enforcement notices on B alleging change of use of the site and a failure to observe the condition. B appealed against refusal of planning permission and against the enforcement notices. The inspector held in fav