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Stockyard Cars Edge Hill Wood End

2026/0495/LAWEOther DevelopmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 29 September 2026

1 reason for refusal

Proposal

for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Storage yard for storage of construction materials and motor vehicles (Use Class B8)

Received
17 July 2026
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 74 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a planning application at Stockyard Cars Edge Hill Wood End. North Warwickshire has handled 122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 days longer than North Warwickshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 435 applications in total for the CV9 postcode area.

93% of other development applications at North Warwickshire Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The applicant has failed to demonstrate, on the balance of probability, that the use of the land as a B8 storage yard has subsisted without significant interruption for the requisite continuous ten-year period. The applicant’s own evidence confirms that during 2025 the site, or part of the site, was used for the storage and deposit of rubbish and scrap vehicles and for the breaking of cars. This represents a materially different use from the claimed B8 storage use and, at the very least, indicates that the planning unit was being used for a mixed use rather than solely for B8 storage. In addition, Business Rates information indicates that the site was registered for car sales, providing further evidence of a use distinct from B8 storage. There is also significant uncertainty regarding the continuity of the claimed B8 use prior to 2020. Accordingly, the applicant has failed to demonstrate that the claimed use has subsisted continuously and is lawful under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CV9 2QE
Application type
Other Development
Parish
Kingsbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Lewis Bullock

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Borough wide
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: North Warwickshire

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