®Planning appeal decision
Land at 31 Leafield Drive, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0FT
without planning permission, the erection of a boundary fence more than 1.0m in height adjacent to highway on the Land
- Authority
- Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Thompson F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the fence on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary
What decided it
The fence's prominent position adjacent to the highway and its height, length and materials create an unacceptably enclosing and incongruous feature that appreciably harms the character and appearance of the area, but the enforcement notice was varied to allow reduction to 1m height as a realistic fallback position reflecting permitted development rights.
Plan policies cited: Policy CS10 of the Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Local Development Framework Core Strategy 2009, Policy D9 of the Wakefield Development Policies Local Development Framework 2009, Policy D10 of the Wakefield Development Policies Local Development Framework 2009
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.