Planning appeal decision
Land at 107 Sankey Street, Bewsey and Whitecross, Warrington, WA1 1NN
Planning appeal 3304448 at Land at 107 Sankey Street, Bewsey and Whitecross, Warrington, WA1 1NN (Warrington Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 21 August 2023 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice is valid and sufficiently clear in specifying the steps required for compliance, particularly with respect to gates and pay and display machines.
Material change in use of land for parking of vehicles with associated laying of asphalt hardstanding, fencing and gates, hooped perimeter barriers, pay and display machines and signage
- Authority
- Warrington Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Phillips A
- Postcode
- WA1 1NN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice is valid and sufficiently clear in specifying the steps required for compliance, particularly with respect to gates and pay and display machines
What decided it
The enforcement notice failed to specify with sufficient clarity the steps required for compliance, particularly regarding gates and pay and display machines, and these defects could not be corrected without causing injustice to the appellant.
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