Planning appeal decision
Land at Moorings, Forewood Lane, Crowhurst, Battle, TN33 9AB
Planning appeal 3296273 at Land at Moorings, Forewood Lane, Crowhurst, Battle, TN33 9AB (Rother District Council) was dismissed on 28 September 2023 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice had occurred.
without planning permission, operational development, comprising erection of large platform / scaffold at the rear of site as shown hatched blue on the plan
- Authority
- Rother District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Douglas L
- Postcode
- TN33 9AB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice had occurred
- Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice constitutes a breach of planning control
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach
- Whether the period specified in the enforcement notice for compliance is reasonable
What decided it
The scaffolding and platform comprised operational development requiring planning permission, and as no such permission existed and the GPDO exemption did not apply, the breach of planning control was established and the enforcement notice was properly issued.
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