Planning appeal decision
Troopers Court, 303 Crews Hole Road, Bristol, BS5 8BQ
Planning appeal 3275737 at Troopers Court, 303 Crews Hole Road, Bristol, BS5 8BQ (Bristol City Council) was dismissed on 20 September 2021 by Inspector Curnow R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control.
Without the grant of planning permission the erection of a means of enclosure over 1 metre in height and fronting a highway
- Authority
- Bristol City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Curnow R
- Postcode
- BS5 8BQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
What decided it
The appellants' choice not to appeal under ground (a) on the planning merits meant the Inspector could not consider amenity or design arguments, and removal of the fence was the only means to remedy the breach of planning control.
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