Four Winds Garage, West End, Haynes - Public Enquiry regarding Enforcement Issue

TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

PUBLIC INQUIRY

TO BE HELD AS AN IN PERSON EVENT ONLY AT

Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, Beds, SG17 5TQ

Opening on 7th October 2025 at 10.00am for 1 day

Enforcement Notice No: CB/EN/20/0118 - Four Winds Garage, West End, Haynes, Bedford, MK45 3 QT

REASON FOR INQUIRY

Appeal by Farren Hydraulics Limited, Wilstead Haulage Limited, Ken Exports Limited and Entyre Group Limited against enforcement notice issued by Central Bedfordshire Council as Local Planning Authority for the following:

North - Without Planning Permission the material change of use of land to form a mixed use consisting of an extension to the lawful waste transfer facility (the subject of planning permission CB/11/03771/MW and CB/15/02200/MW) including the siting of a portacabin structure as a site office, the siting of a security cabin, the siting of a static caravan, the siting of a weighbridge, the open storage of skips, the open storage of waste materials, the use of a central access road and the use of land for the importation, storage and distribution of shipping containers. Without planning permission the erection of concrete panel screens (and support structures) around the entire rear (eastern) boundary, the northern boundary and within the land and, the erection of metal palisade fencing along the front highway boundary of the A6.

South - Without Planning Permission, the material change of use of land for the importation, storage and distribution of tyres. Without Planning Permission, the erection of metal palisade fencing along the front highway boundary and the construction of a concrete screen perimeter wall.

At Four Winds Garage, West End, Haynes, Bedford, MK45 3QT

An Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State will hold an Inquiry opening on the date shown above to decide the appeal. The Inquiry will be held as an entirely In Person event run by Central Bedfordshire Council.

Documents relating to the appeal can be viewed on the Council website https://cbc.aifusion.io/planning/publicSearch.html (enter the enforcement notice number in the search box).

Anyone wishing to attend the Inquiry must make that interest known to the Central Bedfordshire Council’s Appeals Team as soon as possible prior to the Inquiry, by emailing planning.appeals@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk after reading the Public Inquiry Attendance Information set out below. When contacting the Appeals Team, it would be helpful if you could confirm whether you want to take an active part in the proceedings or attend only as an observer. This information will need to be provided to the Planning Inspector.

Public Inquiry Attendance Information

Before deciding whether to take an active part in the Inquiry, you need to think carefully about the points you wish to make. All written submissions from application and appeal stage will be taken into account by the Inspector. Re-stating the same points won’t add any additional weight to them.

If you want to take an active part but feel unable to for any reason, and/or the points you want to make are not covered in the evidence of others, consider whether someone else could raise them on your behalf.

Planning Inspectorate Reference:

APP/P0240/C/22/3311919, APP/P0240/C/22/3311921, APP/P0240/C/22/3311922 and APP/P0240/C/22/3311926

Case Officer contact at the Planning Inspectorate: Georgia McLoughlin

Central Bedfordshire Council Planning Appeals Team contact: planning.appeals@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk