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Notice upheld6 August 20253332255

Land Adjacent Row Beech Cottages, Watling Street, Dunstable, Hertfordshire, LU6 3QT

Planning appeal 3332255 at Land Adjacent Row Beech Cottages, Watling Street, Dunstable, Hertfordshire, LU6 3QT (Dacorum Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 August 2025 by Inspector Bale M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground f).

Material change of use of land for display and sale of vehicles, siting of shipping container for office use, installation of gates, fencing and laying of hardstanding

Authority
Dacorum Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
retail · Change of use
Inspector
Bale M
Postcode
LU6 3QT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground f)
  • Whether the period specified to comply with the notice falls short of what should reasonably be allowed (ground g)

What decided it

The fencing and gates were materially different from the previous boundary treatment and were installed as part of the unauthorised change of use, making their removal necessary to remedy the breach, and no substantive evidence supported the claim that the compliance periods were unreasonable.

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