Published:
8:00 AM January 20, 2022
A gardening equipment boss ordered to build a road more than a decade ago has insisted the access to his businesses has become lawful “through the passage of time”.
William Randell, owner of RFH Norfolk, has run Randells Garden Equipment Store from its site on the junction of Mill Road and Norwich Road in Horstead since 2005.
In 2006 Broadland District Council granted permission for the businessman to extend his base for a showroom for the sale and repair of garden and leisure equipment.
As part of the permission the council insisted Mr Randell provided a new road on to Mill Road and closed one of the current access roads.
But Mr Randell has now applied for a certificate of lawfulness because the breaches “took place more than ten years ago and have become lawful through the passage of time”, according to his planning statement.
He said: “Putting in an access to Mill Road has a cost to it. It isn’t going to be nice to my neighbours who live right opposite.
“The council said providing there were no accidents from people…
