Planning appeal decision
Land at 2 Regent Street, South Hiendley, S72 9AZ
Planning appeal 3300372 at Land at 2 Regent Street, South Hiendley, S72 9AZ (Wakefield Metropolitan District Council) was dismissed on 10 January 2023 by Inspector Rogers B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, at the time the enforcement notice was issued, it was too late to take enforcement action under section 174(2)(d) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Without planning permission erection of a boundary fence and gate (shown as a blue dashed line on the attached plan) and a shed to the front (shown hatched black on the attached plan)
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Rogers B
- Postcode
- S72 9AZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, at the time the enforcement notice was issued, it was too late to take enforcement action under section 174(2)(d) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The appellant's conflicting evidence and the photographic evidence showing the fence under construction after the relevant 4-year cut-off date meant the appellant failed to discharge the burden of proving the development was substantially completed more than 4 years before the enforcement notice was issued.
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