Planning appeal decision
Penlan Gilbert Street, Ropley, Alresford, SO24 0BY
Planning appeal 3330900 at Penlan Gilbert Street, Ropley, Alresford, SO24 0BY (East Hampshire District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 2 May 2025 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred as a matter of fact (ground b).
within the last four years and without planning permission, the erection of a fence greater than 1m in height, adjacent to a highway
- Authority
- East Hampshire District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- SO24 0BY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred as a matter of fact (ground b)
- Whether the matters alleged constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)
What decided it
The fence exceeds the one-metre height limitation imposed by the General Permitted Development Order for structures adjacent to a highway, and does not benefit from any planning permission.
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