Three men have been ordered to clear a scrapyard that breached planning rules at a Green Belt site.
Buckinghamshire Council has served an enforcement notice on farmland south of Huntswood Lane, Taplow near Maidenhead.
Copies of the notice were served to Mahadevan Krishnamohan of 12 Priory Close, Wembley, Adam Tomasz Pawlik of 8a Longmead, Windsor and Bogdan Grudzinski, whose address is listed as the site itself.
Mr Krishnamohan owns the adjacent Cliveden Stud House, while Polish nationals Mr Pawlik and Mr Grudzinski are listed on Companies House as vehicle parts traders.
Enforcement officers have told the trio to stop using two fields for storage and to remove all cars, vans, caravans, vehicle parts, tyres, machines, equipment and a portacabin kept there.
The notice is effective from May 1, unless appealed, and those served with it must comply by July 1 or risk facing prosecution.
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The Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) has attempted to contact Mr Krishnamohan for comment.
New pictures of the land south of Huntswood Lane show that it is still strewn with dozens of vehicles, car parts and other debris.
A gate that previously allowed a view into the site from Cliveden Road has also been covered with tree branches in recent weeks to stop people viewing the scrapyard.
Under the enforcement notice, the fields currently used as a scrapyard must be returned to their original agricultural use.
Copies of the missive were also served on Mrs Krishnamohan, Mr Pawlik’s business Next Parts Ltd and on the owner and occupier of the fields.
In another new development, Mr Krishnamohan received a further knockback from the council this week when planning officers refused to grant him a certificate of lawfulness to show that Cliveden Stud House was built without planning permission.
The businessman wanted to show that the 1970s country estate did not have permission, because in his words, this would mean it was ‘immune from planning enforcement action’.
Planning enforcement on the fields next to his house began after the council received a complaint about the unauthorised use of the land on January 3, 2024.
The local authority said it had identified a ‘significant’ breach of planning control and had told the owner that the use of the land was ‘unacceptable’.
Those running the scrapyard missed the council’s deadline of February 19 to clear the land, after which, enforcement action commenced.
One local resident, who wished to remain anonymous, previously told the LDRS that the site had ‘basically become an industrial site and car breaker yard’.
They said: “It makes us feel sick. Before this it was an area where we walked.
“You don’t want to be putting cars in nature. We know it’s a breach, but we’re scared to say something.”
The Bucks unitary councillor for Cliveden George Sandy also described the situation as a ‘travesty’.
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