Planning appeal decision
Shiraz Eden, Tinkerpot Lane, West Kingsdown, Kent, TN15 6AD
Planning appeal 3298418 at Shiraz Eden, Tinkerpot Lane, West Kingsdown, Kent, TN15 6AD (Sevenoaks District Council) was dismissed on 7 September 2023 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground f).
Without planning permission the unauthorised operational development of a two storey outbuilding
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Douglas L
- Postcode
- TN15 6AD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground f)
- Whether the period specified in the notice for compliance falls short of what should reasonably be allowed (ground g)
What decided it
The steps required by the enforcement notice do not exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach, and the six-month compliance period is reasonable.
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