Planning appeal decision
Land at Dale House, Lindrick Dale, Lindrick, Rotherham, S81 8BB
Planning appeal 3320285 at Land at Dale House, Lindrick Dale, Lindrick, Rotherham, S81 8BB (Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 28 October 2024 by Inspector Jones D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice is properly drafted and whether the alleged breach should be characterised as operational development without planning permission or as a breach of condition 4.
the failure to comply with a condition imposed on planning permission ref RB2008/0283 granted on 31 March 2008
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Jones D
- Postcode
- S81 8BB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice is properly drafted and whether the alleged breach should be characterised as operational development without planning permission or as a breach of condition 4
- Whether the matters alleged in the notice constitute a breach of planning control
- Whether at the date the notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken due to the passage of time
What decided it
The extension was substantially completed more than four years before the enforcement notice was issued, making it immune from enforcement action under section 171B(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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