Planning appeal decision
One Ash, Doncaster Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7BZ
Planning appeal 3318009 at One Ash, Doncaster Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7BZ (Wakefield Metropolitan District Council) was dismissed on 7 September 2023 by Inspector Harbottle M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of planning control had occurred or was correctly described (ground b).
Installation of a large 2 metre garden planter, erection of fencing and steel bollards within the vehicular access road referred to as Fairways
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Harbottle M
- Postcode
- WF7 7BZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control had occurred or was correctly described (ground b)
- Whether the matters alleged constitute a breach of planning control, specifically whether the planter benefits from planning permission granted for conversion to 3 dwellings (ground c)
What decided it
The planter was excluded from the planning permission by condition 2 requiring strict accordance with listed plans on which the planter did not appear, and no further permission was applied for or granted.
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