Planning appeal decision
Hurstview, Netherfield, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9PP
Planning appeal 3269636 at Hurstview, Netherfield, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9PP (Rother District Council) was dismissed on 10 November 2021 by Inspector Perrins R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice has occurred as a matter of fact (ground b).
without planning permission, the carrying out of engineering operations to create a hard surfaced area within the Land in the approximate position shown coloured blue on the attached plan
- Authority
- Rother District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Perrins R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice has occurred as a matter of fact (ground b)
- Whether the hard surfaced area was substantially completed more than 4 years before the date of the enforcement notice and thus benefits from lawful development (ground d)
What decided it
The appellants failed to submit any corroborated evidence to establish what the track consisted of in 2015 or how it was constructed, and did not dispute the Council's evidence that substantial engineering works involving mechanical diggers and imported materials were carried out in January 2021.
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