Planning appeal decision
61 Playstool Road, Newington, Sittingbourne, ME9 7NL
Planning appeal 3287191 at 61 Playstool Road, Newington, Sittingbourne, ME9 7NL (Swale Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 15 August 2023 by Inspector Griffin E, 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.
Erection of a first floor rear extension and a sloped tile roof above the existing rear ground floor extension extending up to the original eaves height of the existing dwelling
- Authority
- Swale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Griffin E
- Postcode
- ME9 7NL
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 requirements of the notice are not excessive when the purpose is to remedy the breach, and consideration of alternative schemes involves planning merits outside the remit of a ground (f) appeal.
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