Land to the Rear of 25a Blackwood Road & Forming Part of Foley Wood, Egerton Road, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield, B74 3PL

Planning appeal 3272992 at Land to the Rear of 25a Blackwood Road & Forming Part of Foley Wood, Egerton Road, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield, B74 3PL (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) was decided (invalid) on 22 August 2022 by Inspector Harbottle M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether either appellant had a right of appeal as a person having an interest in the land or as a relevant occupier under section 174 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Material change of use of land from open space woodland to use as private residential garden

Authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Harbottle M
Postcode: B74 3PL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether either appellant had a right of appeal as a person having an interest in the land or as a relevant occupier under section 174 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

What decided it

Neither appellant had a legal or equitable interest in the land, was a relevant occupier, or had acquired an interest through adverse possession, and therefore neither had a right of appeal under section 174(1) of the Act.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: R v SSE & South Shropshire DC (ex parte Davies) [1991] JPL 540

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