4 Manor Cottages Church Road, Wretham, THETFORD, IP24 1RL

Without planning permission: (1) The material change of use of the land from residential dwelling and agriculture to a mixed use of residential dwelling, agriculture, storage and sale of motor vehicles and leisure use. (2) Operational development comprising the erection of a fence, brick walls and gate over 2 metres in height adjacent to a highway (Church Road) and the laying of a hard surface and erection of fencing and gates for an open-air arena/temporary car storage area. (3) Operational development comprising the construction of a glamping pod and associated jetty and excavations to enlarge the existing pond

Authority: Breckland Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Blackwell J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the enforcement notice is valid and sufficiently certain in its requirements to enable the appellant to understand what steps must be taken to comply

What decided it

The enforcement notice is a nullity because it fails to satisfy section 173(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by being too uncertain and ambiguous in its requirements, preventing the appellant from understanding with reasonable certainty what steps must be taken to comply.

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