Unauthorised development removed

In October 2011 Stratford-on-Avon District Council was successful in obtaining a mandatory and prohibitory injunction against Summer Poultry Products Ltd, Summers Holdings Ltd and the Directors, at Birmingham High Court, relating to unauthorised buildings at Cank Farm, Tanworth in Arden. 

The court ordered that these buildings be demolished by 19 January 2012 and that no further development be carried out without planning permission.

The court also ordered that the defendants pay the District Council's full costs.

The unauthorised lairage, replacement lairage and chiller extension have now been removed.

Planning enforcement is a very complex area and can be a long draw out, expensive process such as in this case, giving all parties the necessary time to put all defences in place and is not something that can be resolved overnight

Councillor Mike Gittus, Planning & Environment Portfolio says: “This is good news for local residents who have been campaigning against these unauthorised buildings with the full support of the District ward members Councillors George Atkinson and Peter Oakley, as it can be seen that the High Court recognises and supports the concerns of the residents."