Planning appeal decision
The Bumbles Mill Green Road, Mill Green, Ingatestone, Essex, CM4 0PT
Planning appeal 3260873 at The Bumbles Mill Green Road, Mill Green, Ingatestone, Essex, CM4 0PT (Brentwood Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 5 July 2021 by Inspector Dyer S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred (ground b).
without planning permission, the erection of an unauthorised residential dwelling/building and associated hardstanding within the curtilage of The Bumbles, shown for the purposes of identification only in the approximate position hatched in black on the attached site plan (see also attached site photo of the building, marked as “Appendix 1
- Authority
- Brentwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Dyer S
- Postcode
- CM4 0PT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred (ground b)
- Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground f)
- Whether the period specified for compliance falls short of what should reasonably be allowed (ground g)
What decided it
The breach of planning control—erection of a residential building—can only be remedied by removal of the building, and the appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence to establish temporary occupation under ground (b).
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