Planning appeal decision
4 Lawrence Close, Guildford, GU4 7RD
Planning appeal 3307904 at 4 Lawrence Close, Guildford, GU4 7RD (Guildford Borough Council) was dismissed on 7 September 2023 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice (demolition of the wall and removal of resulting material) exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control or injury to amenity.
without planning permission operational development consisting of the erection of a wall as shown between points A and B on the attached plan
- Authority
- Guildford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- GU4 7RD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice (demolition of the wall and removal of resulting material) exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control or injury to amenity
What decided it
Permitted development rights cannot be exercised retrospectively, and the removal of the entire unlawful wall is the necessary remedy for the breach of planning control.
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