Planning appeal decision
32 Manor View, Shafton, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S72 8NQ
Planning appeal 3287562 at 32 Manor View, Shafton, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S72 8NQ (Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 22 April 2022 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the actual alleged breach of planning control.
the material change of use of the land and buildings from a detached garage to one of a residential dwellinghouse for human habitation (C3: Dwellinghouse Use Class)
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- S72 8NQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the actual alleged breach of planning control
What decided it
The enforcement notice is invalid because it is ambiguous and contradictory in specifying the alleged breach of planning control, and the Inspector cannot correct it without causing injustice to the appellants.
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