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Notice varied and upheld21 March 20253317115

Private Allotments At The Rear Of 69 To 107 Ebury Road, Rickmansworth, WD3 1BL

Planning appeal 3317115 at Private Allotments At The Rear Of 69 To 107 Ebury Road, Rickmansworth, WD3 1BL (Three Rivers District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 21 March 2025 by Inspector Jones D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control.

(1) the carrying out of engineering operations on the Land comprising: (a) vegetation and topsoil stripping, (b) re-grading works, (c) the importation, deposition and spreading of hardcore aggregate, rubble, other inert waste materials and topsoil, (d) the laying of a geotextile membrane and (e) the erection of an earth bun d; and (2) the placement of a shipping container on the Land (together hereinafter referred to as "the Works")

Authority
Three Rivers District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Other minor developments
Inspector
Jones D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control
  • Whether the requirements of the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach
  • Whether the time given to comply with the notice is too short

What decided it

The totality of the ground works, assessed cumulatively rather than in isolation, constituted engineering operations as a matter of fact and degree, and the shipping container met all criteria for being a building, both requiring planning permission.

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