Planning appeal decision
1 Fern Cottage, Three Cups, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 9PB
Planning appeal 3314283 at 1 Fern Cottage, Three Cups, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 9PB (Wealden District Council) was dismissed on 18 September 2023 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control.
Without planning permission, the erection of a close-boarded wooden fence and metal entrance gates in excess of 1 metre in height adjacent to the highway
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hocking P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
What decided it
The appellants failed to demonstrate that the enforcement notice requirements exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control, as they did not pursue a ground (a) appeal to establish planning merits.
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