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Search the Public Notice PortalA classic car collector has been told he has to get rid of his “old, scrap” collection at a Herefordshire farm and holiday let in a scenic spot.
Mark Dew of Doward Farm near Whitchurch in the Wye Valley National Landscape was sent an Enforcement Notice dated December 15 regarding “the siting and storage of old/scrap cars, vans and non-agricultural vehicles” at the farm.
This constituted “a material change of use”, from farmland to “mixed use”, without planning permission, for which there was “no evidence demonstrating an essential need”, the notice from Herefordshire Council’s enforcement officer said.
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A retrospective bid for planning permission for the use “would not receive officer support” given the sensitive location, the notice added.
It gave Mr Dew 30 days from January 19 to “permanently remove the old/scrap cars, vans and non-agricultural vehicles from the land”, unless he were to first lodge an appeal against the notice.
It does not appear from the Planning Inspectorate website that such an appeal has been lodged.
This is not the first time such an attempt has been made to force Mr Dew to remove the vehicles. The council served a similar enforcement notice on him in 2019, at the time giving him six months to comply.
Mr Dew appealed, unsuccessfully, against the notice, with a neighbour commenting at the time: “Mr Dew is a thoroughly decent chap but he must accept that the current state of the farm is a blot on an otherwise beautiful and ancient landscape.”
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But it appears no further action was taken, and the vehicles remained at the farm.
Then last June, BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester reported that Mr Dew intended to sell “his entire collection of almost 200 vintage and classic cars” dating from the 1920s to the 2000s, at an open-air auction at the farm.
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Mr Dew also appears to have previously run the Riverside Inn in Ross-on-Wye and the Malt Shovel in Ruardean, Gloucestershire.
Attempts were made to contact Mr Dew.
Doward Farm meanwhile continues to be advertised on several holiday letting websites as hosting up to 16 guests in seven bedrooms.
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