Planning appeal decision
10 Blatchington Mill Drive, Stone Cross, Pevensey, BN24 5QA
Planning appeal 3337244 at 10 Blatchington Mill Drive, Stone Cross, Pevensey, BN24 5QA (Wealden District Council) was dismissed on 5 August 2025 by Inspector Naylor R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice, if they occurred, constitute a breach of planning control under section 174(2)(c) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
without planning permission, the erection of a timber closed-boarded fence in excess of 1 metre in height adjacent to the highway ("the fence") in the approximate position shown by a green line on the attached plan
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Naylor R
- Postcode
- BN24 5QA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice, if they occurred, constitute a breach of planning control under section 174(2)(c) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The fence exceeds 1 metre in height and is constructed adjacent to a highway used by vehicular traffic, thereby falling outside the permitted development rights under the GPDO and requiring planning permission.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Wealden Local Plan, adopted December 1998
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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