Planning appeal decision
The Land Known As 57 Nags Head Lane, Upminster, Brentwood, CM14 5NL
Planning appeal 3279187 at The Land Known As 57 Nags Head Lane, Upminster, Brentwood, CM14 5NL (London Borough of Havering) was decided (invalid) on 21 March 2023 by Inspector Savage M, 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.
without the benefit of planning permission: 1. Erection of residential extensions on the first floor level and creation of balconies at the rear of property as identified in the plan indicating as A below; and 2. Alterations to the roof profile at the rear and front of the property; and 3. Erection of canopies and roof overhangs over the front porch leading up to the entrance of the garage in the basement at the front of the property identified as B in the plan below
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- CM14 5NL
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 specify with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance, and could not be corrected without causing injustice to one party or the other.
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