Planning appeal decision
1 Dean Road, Strood, Kent, ME2 3QH
Planning appeal 3274505 at 1 Dean Road, Strood, Kent, ME2 3QH (Medway Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 4 April 2023 by Inspector Boffin D, by written representations.
Erection of a detached single storey building to the rear of the property
- Authority
- Medway Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Boffin D
- Postcode
- ME2 3QH
What decided it
The Council's failure to carry out adequate prior investigation and its unreasonable handling of the enforcement notice, including failure to withdraw it promptly after the applicants highlighted the defects, resulted in unnecessary expense to the appellants.
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