Planning appeal decision
S & D Nurseries, Dradfield Lane , Soberton, Southampton, SO32 3QD
Planning appeal 3306531 at S & D Nurseries, Dradfield Lane , Soberton, Southampton, SO32 3QD (Winchester City Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 16 April 2024 by Inspector Howell M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice is invalid and incapable of correction or variation without causing injustice to the appellants, the Council, or an interested party.
without planning permission the breach of condition 1 of the planning permission granted on appeal on 11 March 2014 under Council reference 13/01686/FUL (appeal reference APP/L1765/A/13/2207540) for the continued use of land to station a mobile home for a horticultural worker for a further three years (“the Planning Permission”). Condition 1 states: “The mobile home hereby permitted shall be removed and the land restored to its former condition on or before the expiry of three years from the date of this
- Authority
- Winchester City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- Howell M
- Postcode
- SO32 3QD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice is invalid and incapable of correction or variation without causing injustice to the appellants, the Council, or an interested party
What decided it
The enforcement notice's requirements were insufficiently clear and could not be corrected or varied without causing injustice to one or more parties, rendering the notice invalid.
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