Northwick Park Playgolf, 280 Watford Road, HARROW, HA1 3TZ

The engineering operations to the rear of the club house on the former driving range involving the removal of grass, the reprofiling, levelling and compacting of the land and the installation of a hard surface and artificial turf on that land

Authority: London Borough of Brent
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other minor developments
Inspector: Symons G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
Whether the time allowed to carry out the remedial works is unreasonably short

What decided it

The requirements of the enforcement notice do no more and no less than seek to reinstate the land to its previous condition and therefore do not exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach, and the 6-month compliance period is reasonable given the time already elapsed and the speed of the original unauthorised works.

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