8 Newport Road, Ventnor, Ise of Wight, PO38 1AE

Planning appeal 3324862 at 8 Newport Road, Ventnor, Ise of Wight, PO38 1AE (Isle of Wight Council) was dismissed on 11 October 2024 by Inspector Fagan N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred as a matter of fact.

without planning permission and within the last 4 years the carrying out of an engineering operation by the importation of aggregate/gravel and the levelling and raising of land levels

Authority: Isle of Wight Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: minerals-waste · Other minor developments
Inspector: Fagan N
Postcode: PO38 1AE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred as a matter of fact
Whether those matters constitute a breach of planning control
Whether enforcement action could be taken at the date the notice was issued
Whether the notice was correctly served
Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach

What decided it

The engineering operation of importing substantial quantities of material onto the land constitutes a breach of planning control for which no valid planning permission exists, and the enforcement notice was correctly served within the four-year limitation period.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SP5Policy DM2Policy DM15
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 180

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