Planning appeal decision
Oakbank House, Helm Road, Bowness-On-Windermere, Windermere, LA23 3BU
Planning appeal 3302656 at Oakbank House, Helm Road, Bowness-On-Windermere, Windermere, LA23 3BU (Lake District) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 1 December 2023 by Inspector Freer P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice is a nullity for failing to comply with section 173(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Installation of top-hung, 1 over 1 double glazed windows in the south, west, north and east elevations
- Authority
- Lake District
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Freer P
- Postcode
- LA23 3BU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice is a nullity for failing to comply with section 173(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The enforcement notice failed to specify a requirement to restore the land to its condition before the breach took place, contrary to section 173(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, rendering it a nullity incapable of correction.
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