Planning appeal decision
93 Fitzwilliam Road, Rotherham, S65 1PS
Planning appeal 3273089 at 93 Fitzwilliam Road, Rotherham, S65 1PS (Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 3 September 2021 by Inspector Willows P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance.
Unauthorised siting of takeaway container unit
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Willows P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance
What decided it
The enforcement notice failed to tell the recipient fairly what had been done wrong and what must be done to remedy it, and the Inspector could not correct these defects without causing injustice to one or both parties.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Miller Mead v MHLG [1963] 1 A11 ER 459
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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