Planning appeal decision
Mount View , Rhoda Road, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 1HZ
Planning appeal 3335033 at Mount View , Rhoda Road, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 1HZ (Castle Point Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 30 April 2026 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice is valid and capable of being corrected, or whether it should be quashed due to defects, errors and misdescription.
Extension and alteration of an existing garage building in the Green Belt
- Authority
- Castle Point Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Ghafoor A
- Postcode
- SS7 1HZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice is valid and capable of being corrected, or whether it should be quashed due to defects, errors and misdescription
What decided it
The enforcement notice contained fundamental drafting errors and misdescription that could not be corrected without risk of injustice to the parties, necessitating its quashing rather than correction.
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