Planning appeal decision
1 Hurst Lane, Egham, Surrey, TW20 8QJ
Planning appeal 3301785 at 1 Hurst Lane, Egham, Surrey, TW20 8QJ (Runnymede Borough Council) was dismissed on 31 August 2023 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, at the date the enforcement notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control alleged in the notice, on the basis that the operational development was substantially completed more than 4 years before the notice was issued.
without planning permission, the erection of a building as shown outlined and crosshatched blue on the Plan attached to the notice
- Authority
- Runnymede Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Walker A
- Postcode
- TW20 8QJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, at the date the enforcement notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control alleged in the notice, on the basis that the operational development was substantially completed more than 4 years before the notice was issued
What decided it
The appellant failed to prove that the new building had been substantially completed by 25 May 2018, as photographic evidence showed the pre-existing building had ceased to exist by 7 May 2018 and the new building was still under construction in June 2018.
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