Planning appeal decision
12 The Shore, Bolton-Le-Sands, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA5 8JR
Planning appeal 3329827 at 12 The Shore, Bolton-Le-Sands, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA5 8JR (Lancaster City Council) was dismissed on 22 October 2024 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the raising in height of the front boundary wall has occurred (ground b).
‘The raising in height of the front boundary wall without planning permission’
- Authority
- Lancaster City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
- Postcode
- LA5 8JR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the raising in height of the front boundary wall has occurred (ground b)
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground f)
What decided it
The photographic evidence demonstrated the wall had been raised in height without planning permission, and the enforcement notice's requirement to reinstate the former height was necessary to remedy the breach.
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