Planning appeal decision
Land at Lake Cottage, 13 Bestmans Lane, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3QA
Planning appeal 3264098 at Land at Lake Cottage, 13 Bestmans Lane, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3QA (Malvern Hills District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 22 September 2021 by Inspector Hirst V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the listed building enforcement notice is valid and certain in its requirements.
Erection of a conservatory (unauthorised works to a listed building)
- Authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hirst V
- Postcode
- WR5 3QA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the listed building enforcement notice is valid and certain in its requirements
What decided it
The enforcement notice is uncertain on its face as to what the recipient is required to do to fully comply with it, rendering it a nullity without legal effect.
The decision letter
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