®Planning appeal decision
39 Dartmouth Road, LONDON, NW2 4ET
Without planning permission, carrying out alterations to the front garden of the premises, including the demolition of a boundary wall widening access to the highway and the formation of a hard surface
- Authority
- London Borough of Brent
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Douglas L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control has occurred (ground b)
- Whether the alleged breach constitutes a breach of planning control (ground c)
- Whether enforcement action could be taken at the date the notice was issued (ground d)
- Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach (ground f)
- Whether 4 months is a reasonable period for compliance (ground g)
What decided it
The photographic evidence clearly demonstrated that unauthorised building operations (demolition of the boundary wall and formation of a hard surface) had been carried out without planning permission within the 4-year enforcement period, and the notice requirements were proportionate to remedying the breach.
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