Planning appeal decision
32 Lingfield Approach, Moortown, Leeds, LS17 7HJ
Planning appeal 3335236 at 32 Lingfield Approach, Moortown, Leeds, LS17 7HJ (Leeds City Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 25 April 2024 by Inspector Gray E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required to comply with the enforcement notice are excessive (ground f).
Without planning permission, erection of porch to front elevation
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Gray E
- Postcode
- LS17 7HJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the steps required to comply with the enforcement notice are excessive (ground f)
- Whether the time given to comply with the notice is too short (ground g)
What decided it
The appellant's fostering responsibilities and the need to protect vulnerable children from disruption justified extending the compliance period from four to six months, though the enforcement notice itself was upheld.
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