Planning appeal decision
Land at 5 Kingsley Avenue, Crofton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 1RN
Planning appeal 3275793 at Land at 5 Kingsley Avenue, Crofton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 1RN (Wakefield Metropolitan District Council) was dismissed on 16 February 2022 by Inspector Gray E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether there has been a breach of planning control in the erection of the radio antenna.
without planning permission, development comprising the erection of a radio antenna on the land withi n the Green Belt
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- telecoms · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Gray E
- Postcode
- WF4 1RN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether there has been a breach of planning control in the erection of the radio antenna
- Whether, at the time the enforcement notice was issued, it was too late to take enforcement action
What decided it
The radio antenna amounts to operational development with permanent physical attachment to the land that requires planning permission and was substantially completed within the four-year enforcement period.
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