Planning appeal decision
472 Birmingham New Road, Dudley, WV14 9QF
Planning appeal 3288221 at 472 Birmingham New Road, Dudley, WV14 9QF (Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 8 April 2022 by Inspector Griffin E, 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 planning permission and within the last four years the erection of a means of enclosure consisting of timber fencing and associated concrete gravel boards and posts adjacent to the highway and exceeding a height of 1m (as shown on the attached photographs)
- Authority
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Griffin E
- Postcode
- WV14 9QF
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 lacked sufficient clarity as to the extent of the breach alleged and the requirements for compliance, making it invalid and unfair to the appellant.
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