Planning appeal decision
Land at Withamley House Farm, Bradfield, Sheffield, S6 6HY
Planning appeal 3263527 at Land at Withamley House Farm, Bradfield, Sheffield, S6 6HY (Peak District) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 2 July 2021 by Inspector Madge M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether engineering operations comprising the ongoing formation of an artificial, man-made platform feature have in fact occurred (ground (b)).
engineering operations comprising the ongoing formation (through movement of material such as soil, rubble, rocky fill and loose rock, its deposit, compaction and moulding) of an artificial, man- made platform feature without the benefit of planning permission
- Authority
- Peak District
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Madge M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether engineering operations comprising the ongoing formation of an artificial, man-made platform feature have in fact occurred (ground (b))
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach (ground (f))
- Whether the compliance periods specified are reasonable (ground (g))
What decided it
The material had been deposited, moulded and compacted to form a functional platform providing access, constituting engineering operations requiring planning permission which had not been granted, and the planting and maintenance requirements exceeded what was necessary to remedy the breach.
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