Planning appeal decision
Crown Hill Garden Centre , Crown Hill, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3TF
Planning appeal 3268028 at Crown Hill Garden Centre , Crown Hill, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3TF (Epping Forest District Council) was dismissed on 28 October 2021 by Inspector Hendley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the planning appeal was correctly made and is capable of being lawfully determined under Section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
a “resubmission of Planning Consent EPF/0537/17 for 4 no semi-detached houses
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hendley D
- Postcode
- EN9 3TF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the planning appeal was correctly made and is capable of being lawfully determined under Section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The planning permission had expired before the appeal was submitted, and conditions cannot be discharged on an expired permission, rendering the appeal incapable of lawful determination under Section 78 of the Act.
The decision letter
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