Planning appeal decision
Little Marklye Marklye Lane, Heathfield, TN21 8QB
Planning appeal 3287246 at Little Marklye Marklye Lane, Heathfield, TN21 8QB (Wealden District Council) was allowed on 16 November 2022 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether an elevated bank has been created from imported materials upon which the fence has been erected so that its top is greater than 2 metres from the original ground level.
Without planning permission, the importation of materials to form an elevated bank (“the Bank”) and the erection on the elevated bank of a fence in excess of 2 metres in height from the original ground level (“the Fence”), in the approximate position shown coloured green on the plan attached to the notice
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Walker A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether an elevated bank has been created from imported materials upon which the fence has been erected so that its top is greater than 2 metres from the original ground level
What decided it
The Statutory Declaration of Mr Humphries as a Landscape Gardener, combined with photographic evidence comparing the site before and after the works, demonstrated that no elevated bank had been created and the fence was erected at the original ground level.
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