Planning appeal decision
Land at Longley Edge, Doncaster Road, Wragby, Wakefield, WF4 1QX
Planning appeal 3310323 at Land at Longley Edge, Doncaster Road, Wragby, Wakefield, WF4 1QX (Wakefield Metropolitan District Council) was dismissed on 15 June 2023 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control (ground d).
without planning permission the unauthorised development by the erection of a detached garage and workshop on the Land
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- WF4 1QX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control (ground d)
- Whether the period specified in the notice for compliance falls short of what should reasonably be allowed (ground g)
What decided it
The LPA's issuance of an enforcement notice on 16 November 2020 within the four-year limitation period meant that section 171(4) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 permitted the subsequent notice of 30 September 2022, and the appellant failed to provide objective evidence justifying a longer compliance period than six months.
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