Planning appeal decision
18 Pollen Road, Broadheath, Altrincham, WA14 4HA
Planning appeal 3326113 at 18 Pollen Road, Broadheath, Altrincham, WA14 4HA (Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 November 2023 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the fence was substantially completed on the site for more than four years so as to be immune from enforcement action as laid down by Section 171B(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
without planning permission the alteration of fence to rear garden
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- WA14 4HA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the fence was substantially completed on the site for more than four years so as to be immune from enforcement action as laid down by Section 171B(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The evidence, particularly the April 2020 complaint and September 2020 statement from the former owner, demonstrated on the balance of probability that the fence was substantially completed in 2020 rather than 2019, and therefore had not been immune from enforcement action for the required four-year period.
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