Planning appeal decision
Land Adjoining The Hermitage, Gonalston Lane, Gonalston , Nottingham, HG14 7LL
Planning appeal 3316484 at Land Adjoining The Hermitage, Gonalston Lane, Gonalston , Nottingham, HG14 7LL (Newark & Sherwood District Council) was decided (invalid) on 20 May 2024 by Inspector Willows P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice correctly alleges the breach of planning control.
Without planning permission, ‘development’ consisting of the material change of use of land from agricultural use to residential use (as shown within photographs 1 & 2), including operational development consisting of the erection of a timber fence to enclose the land
- Authority
- Newark & Sherwood District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Willows P
- Postcode
- NG14 7LL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice correctly alleges the breach of planning control
- Whether the use and operational development were immune from enforcement action at the date the notice was issued
What decided it
The land had been used as an access for more than 10 years prior to the enforcement notice being issued, making any breach of planning control immune from enforcement action.
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