Planning appeal decision
89 Green Drive, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 1JE
Planning appeal 3264907 at 89 Green Drive, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 1JE (Wyre Borough Council) was dismissed on 7 June 2021 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether at the date the notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken (ground d).
a 1.9 metre high fence
- Authority
- Wyre Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Phillips A
- Postcode
- FY5 1JE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether at the date the notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken (ground d)
- Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to achieve its purpose (ground f)
- Whether the time given to comply with the requirements is too short (ground g)
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence that the fence had been substantially completed more than four years before the enforcement notice was issued, thereby failing to establish immunity from enforcement action.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CDMP3 of the Wyre Local Plan 2011-2031 February 2019Design Note 1 of Extending Your Home Supplementary Planning Document Adopted November 2007
- Judgments
- Gabbitas v SSE & Newham LBC [1985] JPL 630; Bath CC v SSE & Grosvenor Hotel (Bath) Ltd [1983] JPL 937
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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