Lorries May be Kept on Farm
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THE owner and occupier of land at
South Bank Farm, Hillmorton, sucCessfully appealed at Rugby last week against the imposition of an enforcement notice that they should stop using the land for garaging and servicing more than one lorry.
Charles Conning, the owner, and his son, George William Conning, a haulier of Broughton Astley, claimed that the land had been used by lorries for a sufficient time to establish their right to employ the land for the haulage business. '
Various witnesses. gave evidence about the number of lorries that they had seen parked at South Bank Farm during the Oast few years. Mr. C. C. Daniels, Rugby Borough Council building inspector, stated that earlier this year Charles Conning had agreed to a plan concerning the garage and store shed, and had stated that he had no intention of using the building for any A32 thing other than the farm. The council subsequently withdrew the plan.
Mr. J. H. Martin, for the planning authority, said that in view of the evidence about the parking of lorries, he could not contend that there had been a material change in the use of the land. Nevertheless, he felt that the enforcement notice should remain in respect of the field, if not the yard, of the farm. For the appellants, Mr. P. Liddingtan submitted that the farm should be treated as a unit, as was intended on the enforcement notice.
The Bench allowed the appeal and ordered f10 10s. costs against the council.