Planning appeal decision
Four Oaks, Great North Road, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 0PL
Planning appeal 3314775 at Four Oaks, Great North Road, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 0PL (Welwyn Hatfield Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 10 December 2024 by Inspector Shields T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance.
without planning permission, alterations and a side extension to enlarge an existing building that has taken place within the last four years
- Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Shields T
- Postcode
- AL6 0PL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance
What decided it
The enforcement notice failed to specify with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance, and the defects could not be corrected without injustice.
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