A stop notice has been issued to a landowner due to ongoing work on an area previously planned to house a kimchi farm.
Buckinghamshire Council has confirmed it issued a temporary 56-day stop notice to the owner of the land north of Pednor Road in Chesham, Syed Mubarak Ahmed.
The order was issued amid engineering works taking place at the site including laying of material on the ground and continued erection of fencing.
As previously reported, Mr Ahmed faced legal action after he missed a deadline to remove an unauthorised fence with residents speaking of their anger at his plans to grow cabbages.
But despite this, work continued, leading to the issuing of the stop notice last Thursday, November 7.
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A council spokesperson said: "This notice requires all works associated with the laying of a hardstanding and erection of fencing to cease with immediate effect and for the following 56 days (until 2 January 2025).
"We take breaches of stop notices very seriously and will not hesitate to take further action if necessary."
In the notice, it states that the area is located in the greenbelt "where there is a presumption against inappropriate development" as well as within the "Chiltern Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty."
Residents in the area took to social media to vent their anger with one branding the unauthorised work "disgusting".
New photos taken of the site show a metal fence with a covered area behind it including multiple yellow bags of material.
A wooden gate can be seen to the left of the covered area with a trench running alongside the public pathway.
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Councillor Jane MacBean has been liaising with the council's enforcement team over the unauthorised work.
She said: "I am deeply deeply disappointed that the landowner and his representatives continue to ignore all of the legal advice.
"We would like to see it stop and would like to see the site reinstated to the site it was before.
"There is very strong feeling amongst the community and the council this this is highly inappropriate. Residents are actually really angry now.
"People are very concerned about the state of the land. It will take a huge amount of time for trees to grow. There has been significant harm."
She added that the council will take further action if works continue on the land she described as "prime greenbelt".
Uruss Ahmed, the sister of the landowner, previously told the Bucks Free Press that she is using the fenced-off land to help 'underprivileged girls' learn new skills.
She claimed she did not put up the fence and had nothing to do with her brother's plans, adding that she has been bringing girls to the site during the school holidays for daytime camping to help them learn new skills like weaving, hosting activities including walks and barbecues.
Uruss has been approached for further comment on the latest enforcement notice.
A previous enforcement notice was issued in July 2021, demanding that the 1.2-metre high fence around the private land should be removed, but the landowner did not meet the November 2022 deadline.
The council refused plans for the site, which included a new barn, in 2021.
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