Planning appeal decision
7 Station Parade, Barking, IG11 8ED
Planning appeal 3331058 at 7 Station Parade, Barking, IG11 8ED (London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council) was decided (invalid) on 12 August 2024 by Inspector Thompson F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice complies with section 173 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by clearly stating the matters constituting the breach of planning control and the steps required to remedy it.
without planning permission; the unauthorised change of the windows to uPVC double glazing, on the first floor; the change to the façade; and the installation of a staircase in the rear of the property within a conservation area
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Thompson F
- Postcode
- IG11 8ED
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice complies with section 173 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by clearly stating the matters constituting the breach of planning control and the steps required to remedy it
What decided it
The enforcement notice failed to clearly state what change to the façade constituted the breach of planning control and what steps were required to remedy it, rendering the notice a nullity with no legal effect.
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