Any one good with Planning Permission?

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I have PP for a block of 3 wooden stables on a concrete base & a sand school, That have not gone up yet! How ever I already have a large field shelter, its been in the field for about 9 years, when I got PP for the stables ect, they had a good look at it & looked back at photos taken over the years from the sky, to confirm that it had been there as long as we said it had, Its a static field shelter that's built on rail way sleepers, & confirmed that we didn't need PP for it as it had been there over a set time. so the question is can I put a Type 1 base in there or road planings to create a base? or would this be classed as a permanent base? I dread the thought of asking our council coz it took so long to get the original PP in the first place! there were no problems it just took a long time.

Or chalk? I just want to build up a solid base so I can put some rubber in there for my old mare to have a bed on, were its been a field shelter for so long the horses have worn a dip in the middle that now turns in to a mud pit in bad weather! when my old girl is no longer with us I would like to use it as a hay/ straw store so a base would we good.
 
As long as its inside, who is going to know?
I think roadplanings are more likely to be allowed than concrete, but tbh I would just do it.
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if it's been there that long, i.e. over 10 years i think it is, without anyone objecting, you can do whatever you like with it... it counts as being as good as having proper planning permission, i believe. (i have heard of people doing extensions, houses etc and getting away with them under this rule)
i'd just dig it out so it's more level, put hardcore in there to give a solid base that will drain, and stick the rubber mats over the top, and i wouldn't mention it to the planners... you're not changing the building or the use of it at all, just fiddling with the drainage, no law against that as far as i'm aware.
 
Speaking as a property lawyer in a previous life - sometimes its better to seek forgiveness than permission.......
 
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