Planning appeal decision
59 Gladstone Avenue, Twickenham, TW2 7PS
Planning appeal 3301545 at 59 Gladstone Avenue, Twickenham, TW2 7PS (Richmond Upon Thames London Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 12 December 2022 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice is defective on its face by failing to specify the period for compliance as required by section 173(9) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
without planning permission and within the past 4 years the partial demolition of the front boundary wall of the land
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Walker A
- Postcode
- TW2 7PS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice is defective on its face by failing to specify the period for compliance as required by section 173(9) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The enforcement notice failed to specify the period at the end of which steps were required to be taken, rendering it a nullity under section 173(9) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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