Planning appeal decision
Thai Square, 28 George Street, St. Albans, AL3 4ES
Planning appeal 3328072 at Thai Square, 28 George Street, St. Albans, AL3 4ES (St Albans City Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 2 July 2025 by Inspector Moss J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the listed building enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged contravention of listed building control and what must be done to remedy it.
Installation of air conditioning and heating units and associated servicing and metal structural supports onto the Grade II* listed building
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Moss J
- Postcode
- AL3 4ES
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the listed building enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged contravention of listed building control and what must be done to remedy it
What decided it
The notice failed to specify with sufficient clarity in the allegation what works constituted the breach, as some items targeted in the requirements were not mentioned in the allegation, making it impossible for the recipient to be reasonably certain what they had done wrong.
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