Planning appeal decision
5 Frankton Avenue, Haywards Heath, RH16 3QX
Planning appeal 3308491 at 5 Frankton Avenue, Haywards Heath, RH16 3QX (Mid Sussex District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 10 July 2023 by Inspector Thomas N, 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 or injury to amenity.
failure to comply with a condition imposed on a planning permission ref U/183/76 granted on 3 August 1976
- Authority
- Mid Sussex District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Thomas N
- Postcode
- RH16 3QX
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 or injury to amenity
What decided it
The appellants did not appeal on ground (a), precluding consideration of the planning merits of the fence or any reduced alternative, leaving removal in its entirety as the only means to remedy the breach of condition 11.
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