Planning appeal decision
Land and Buildings to East of Gwel Lewern, Jelbert Way, Penzance, TR18 3AS
Planning appeal 3336816 at Land and Buildings to East of Gwel Lewern, Jelbert Way, Penzance, TR18 3AS (Cornwall Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 22 December 2025 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether copies of the enforcement notice were properly served on the owner and occupier of the land and any other person having a material interest in the land as required by section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Erection of palisade fencing in excess of 1 metre in height including four pairs of gates (three along Jelbert Way and one on Gwel Lewern)
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Ghafoor A
- Postcode
- TR18 3AS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether copies of the enforcement notice were properly served on the owner and occupier of the land and any other person having a material interest in the land as required by section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The Council failed to evidence that all persons with a material interest in the land, particularly the registered freeholder or leaseholder, were properly served with the enforcement notice as required by law.
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