Planning appeal decision
Bright Steels Ltd, Norton Works, Malton, YO17 9BD
Planning appeal 3332505 at Bright Steels Ltd, Norton Works, Malton, YO17 9BD (North Yorkshire County Council *) was dismissed on 27 February 2024 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether a commencement notice was required for the chargeable development and whether the surcharge for failure to submit one was properly imposed.
Residential development
- Authority
- North Yorkshire County Council *
- Appeal type
- other · Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Not Applicable
- Inspector
- Ghafoor A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether a commencement notice was required for the chargeable development and whether the surcharge for failure to submit one was properly imposed
- Whether the surcharge was calculated correctly
What decided it
The appellant commenced chargeable development under the 2023 Permission before submitting a valid commencement notice to the collecting authority, and the surcharge was properly imposed within the authority's discretionary powers under CIL Regulations 83.
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