Planning appeal decision
Land Fronting 300 Yardley Road, South Yardley, Birmingham, B25 8LT
Planning appeal 3265113 at Land Fronting 300 Yardley Road, South Yardley, Birmingham, B25 8LT (Birmingham City Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 23 June 2021 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice is valid and properly alleges the breach of planning control.
without planning permission: i. the change of use of the land to a hand carwash and valeting service (sui generis) in the approximate position edged in green on the attached plan. ii. the erection of boundary screen in the approximate position marked in blue on the attached plan
- Authority
- Birmingham City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- B25 8LT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice is valid and properly alleges the breach of planning control
What decided it
The enforcement notice failed to properly allege all components of the mixed use on the site, and the Inspector's powers of correction could not be exercised without causing injustice to either party.
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