Planning appeal decision
Hundred End Farm, Marsh Road, Banks, Southport, PR9 8DZ
Planning appeal 3331276 at Hundred End Farm, Marsh Road, Banks, Southport, PR9 8DZ (West Lancashire District Council) was allowed on 15 May 2024 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawfulness was well-founded.
Construction of two brick piers and a metal gate; prior creation of access to Hundred End Farm from Hundred End Lane
- Authority
- West Lancashire District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- PR9 8DZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawfulness was well-founded
What decided it
The brick piers and metal gate were substantially completed more than four years before the LDC application date, placing them beyond the enforcement period, but the works did not constitute the formation of a means of access to a highway because no engineering operations had been carried out.
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