Planning appeal decision
Town Farm Cottage, Brook Street, Kingston Blount, OX39 4RZ
Planning appeal 3336385 at Town Farm Cottage, Brook Street, Kingston Blount, OX39 4RZ (South Oxfordshire District Council) was decided (invalid) on 29 July 2025 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice complies with section 173(9) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by specifying a period for compliance with all requirements.
Without planning permission, the formation of an access onto a classified road in the approximate location shown between points A and B on the Land (“the Access”) by the infilling of an existing drainage ditch, the removal of a section of existing hedge row and erection of a five-bar gate
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Walker A
- Postcode
- OX39 4RZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice complies with section 173(9) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by specifying a period for compliance with all requirements
What decided it
The enforcement notice failed to specify a definite compliance period for paragraph 5(iii) as required by section 173(9) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, rendering it a nullity.
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