Planning appeal decision
Land at 12 Culver Lane, Earley, RG6 1DS
Planning appeal 3303787 at Land at 12 Culver Lane, Earley, RG6 1DS (Wokingham Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 27 September 2023 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether copies of the enforcement notice were served on all owners and occupiers of the land to which it relates as required by section 172(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Erection of a single storey building with open-sided porch and canopy at front and white UPVC walled lean-to with translucent roof attached to rear, containing living area, double bedroom, kitchen area, bathroom and separate room
- Authority
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- RG6 1DS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether copies of the enforcement notice were served on all owners and occupiers of the land to which it relates as required by section 172(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The enforcement notice was not served on all owners and occupiers of the land to which it relates, as required by section 172(2), and the failure to serve could not be disregarded because the unserved parties would have been substantially prejudiced.
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