Planning appeal decision
Linden Grove The Batch, Butcombe, Bristol, BS40 7UY
Planning appeal 3324239 at Linden Grove The Batch, Butcombe, Bristol, BS40 7UY (North Somerset Council) was allowed on 13 February 2024 by Inspector Moss J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice was issued after the end of the period of four years beginning with the date on which the single storey extension was substantially completed.
Without planning permission, the erection of a single storey rear extension, as shown outlined in red on the attached plan1
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Moss J
- Postcode
- BS40 7UY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice was issued after the end of the period of four years beginning with the date on which the single storey extension was substantially completed
What decided it
The extension was substantially completed on 3 May 2019, which is more than four years before the enforcement notice was issued on 12 May 2023, placing the breach outside the enforcement period.
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