Planning appeal decision
Evergreen Garden Supplies, Mott Street, Chingford, United Kingdom, E4 7RW
Planning appeal 3292155 at Evergreen Garden Supplies, Mott Street, Chingford, United Kingdom, E4 7RW (Epping Forest District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 27 September 2023 by Inspector Fleming D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breaches of planning control and the steps required for compliance.
without planning permission, a material change of use to a mixed use comprising a horticultural plant nursery and the storage and distribution of wholesale landscaping supplies and material, and the laying of an area of hardstanding
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Fleming D
- Postcode
- E4 7RW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breaches of planning control and the steps required for compliance
What decided it
The enforcement notice lacked sufficient clarity in specifying the alleged breaches and compliance steps, and could not be corrected without injustice to the parties.
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