®Planning appeal decision
10 Lodge Drive, Culcheth, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 4ES
Planning appeal 3316400 at 10 Lodge Drive, Culcheth, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 4ES (Warrington Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 July 2023 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, at the date when the enforcement notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control, on the basis that the building operations were substantially completed more than four years prior to the notice.
without planning permission, the construction of a first floor side extension constructed of wood
- Authority
- Warrington Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- WA3 4ES
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, at the date when the enforcement notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control, on the basis that the building operations were substantially completed more than four years prior to the notice
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the side extension was substantially completed more than four years before the enforcement notice was issued on 27 January 2023.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Warrington House Extensions Supplementary Planning Document
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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