®Planning appeal decision
Private Allotments At The Rear Of 69 To 107 Ebury Road, Rickmansworth, WD3 1BL
(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.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.