Planning appeal decision
Rose Cottage, Duncton, Petworth, GU28 0LB
Planning appeal 3329495 at Rose Cottage, Duncton, Petworth, GU28 0LB (South Downs) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 3 February 2025 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of planning control, namely the construction of a shipping container building, has occurred as a matter of fact.
Without planning permission, the construction of a shipping container building
- Authority
- South Downs
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Hocking P
- Postcode
- GU28 0LB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control, namely the construction of a shipping container building, has occurred as a matter of fact
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
- Whether the compliance period of two months is reasonable
What decided it
The storage container constitutes a building for planning purposes and the two-month compliance period is reasonable, therefore the enforcement notice should be upheld with corrections and variation.
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