A builder who placed a shipping container and other structures on farm land to store...

Published: 6:58 pm April 26, 2023
Updated: 10:26 am October 8, 2025
Builder Taken To Court For Failing To Comply With Ehdc Enforcement Notice

A builder who placed a shipping container and other structures on farm land to store tools, machinery and building materials has been ordered to pay £5,530 in costs and fines following a prosecution brought by East Hampshire District Council. 

Jimmy Searle was issued with an enforcement notice by EHDC’s Planning Enforcement team, ordering him to return land at Lumbry Farm Cottages, on Selborne Road, near Alton, to its original state. 

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