Agenda item

The officer reported that the first two formal notices issued this quarter related to The Lodge at Hollow Meadows. A planning application had been approved by the Authority’s planning committee on 12 May 2017 (Minute no. 50/17) and the notices were therefore withdrawn.

An appeal had been received against the enforcement notice issued on 4 May, relating to High Peak House at Blackbrook. An Inquiry would be held on 12 and 13 December.

The officer stated that an appeal regarding Fox Holes Farm at Low Bradfield might be submitted before 4 August. He reported media interest in the case, noting that weddings had been held at the venue for several years and that bookings existed for the next two to three years.

Wedding events being held at the Mortimer Road site by the same company operating at Fox Holes Farm were compliant with the 28-day rule and therefore outside of the Authority’s control, but that the enforcement notice issued on 30 June regarding alteration of a track would come into force on 11 August.

The officer stated that after carrying a vacancy since April 2017, the team would be welcoming Alexandra Sinfield on 17 July. The vacancy had caused the team to miss its target for resolving breaches during the last quarter.

Members welcomed the report.

The report was moved, seconded, put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.