Planning appeal decision
Flat 1, 4 Nelson Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 2RY
Planning appeal 3335746 at Flat 1, 4 Nelson Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 2RY (Arun District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 9 March 2026 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are excessive.
without planning permission, the erection of a front extension
- Authority
- Arun District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- PO21 2RY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are excessive
- Whether the time allowed for complying with the notice requirements is too short
What decided it
The finding that development was commenced in accordance with the 2019 planning permission, which remained extant, allowing modification of the extension as a proportionate alternative remedy to demolition.
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More decisions in Arun District Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026
- Quashed On Legal Grounds30 July 20263367747Land Lying to the North of Brooks Lane, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO22 8AS
- Quashed On Legal Grounds25 March 20263374943North of Toddington Lane, Wick, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 7PN
- Notice upheld9 March 20263337426Longbrook Pavilion Bungalow Hook Lane, Bognor Regis, PO22 8AT
- Planning permission granted2 March 2026336050527 North Ham Road, Littlehampton, BN17 7AS
- Notice varied and upheld31 October 20253341692Lagnersh Campsite, Lagnersh House, Lower Bognor Road, Lagness, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 1LW
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