Planning appeal decision
1136A Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, B28 8AE
Planning appeal 3302935 at 1136A Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, B28 8AE (Birmingham City Council) was dismissed on 19 October 2023 by Inspector Hartley D, 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.
without planning permission, the unauthorised change of use of the rear extension to 2 self-contained flats at ground floor levels in the approximate position marked in green on the attached plan
- Authority
- Birmingham City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- B28 8AE
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
What decided it
The purpose of an enforcement notice is to remedy the breach of planning control, and a separate planning proposal for an alternative scheme cannot render the notice's requirements excessive in a ground (f) appeal.
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