Planning appeal decision
No. 139 Bede Burn Road, Jarrow, NE32 5AZ
Planning appeal 3298122 at No. 139 Bede Burn Road, Jarrow, NE32 5AZ (South Tyneside Council) was dismissed on 23 January 2023 by Inspector Gray E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice has occurred as a matter of fact.
Without planning permission, the erection on the land of: 1) Timber fencing, brick pillars and brick wall, all on top of the existing brick front boundary wall alongside Bede Burn Road and Field Terrace approximately shown with a red dashed line on the plan attached and marked ‘Plan 2’ (hereinafter ‘Plan 2’); and 2) A pair of high timber gates supported by brick pillars on the front boundary alongside Field Terrace in the location approximately shown with three red crosses on Plan 2
- Authority
- South Tyneside Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Gray E
- Postcode
- NE32 5AZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice has occurred as a matter of fact
- Whether there has been a breach of planning control
- Whether, at the time the enforcement notice was issued, it was too late to take enforcement action
- Whether the steps required to comply with the requirements of the notice are excessive
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficient corroborating evidence to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the operational works were substantially completed before 23 March 2018, placing them outside the four-year enforcement period.
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