Planning appeal decision
30 High Gill Road, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0EA
Planning appeal 3320096 at 30 High Gill Road, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0EA (Middlesbrough Council *) was decided (invalid) on 16 October 2024 by Inspector Whitfield J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice complies with the statutory requirements of section 173(10) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and Regulation 4(a) of the Town and Country Planning (Enforcement Notices and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2002.
Unauthorised installation of raised decking, staircase and additional fencing to the northwest side boundary
- Authority
- Middlesbrough Council *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Whitfield J
- Postcode
- TS7 0EA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice complies with the statutory requirements of section 173(10) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and Regulation 4(a) of the Town and Country Planning (Enforcement Notices and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2002
What decided it
The enforcement notice failed to specify the LPA's reasons for issuing it and how the development conflicted with the cited policies, rendering it a nullity under section 173(10) of the Act and Regulation 4(a) of the ENAR.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- DC1(b and c)CS5(c)
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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