Planning appeal decision
Land North of 1 Melling Hall, Melling Road, Melling, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA6 2RA
Planning appeal 3268602 at Land North of 1 Melling Hall, Melling Road, Melling, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA6 2RA (Lancaster City Council) was dismissed on 25 February 2022 by Inspector Freer P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the fence and gate constitute permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, specifically whether they are adjacent to a highway used by vehicular traffic and whether they are within the curtilage of a listed building.
Erection of a fence and attached gate
- Authority
- Lancaster City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Freer P
- Postcode
- LA6 2RA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the fence and gate constitute permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, specifically whether they are adjacent to a highway used by vehicular traffic and whether they are within the curtilage of a listed building
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
What decided it
The fence and gate are adjacent to a highway used by vehicular traffic and exceed the 1 metre height limitation for permitted development, requiring express planning permission which was not granted.
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