Planning appeal decision
27 Douglas Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 8BA
Planning appeal 3337302 at 27 Douglas Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 8BA (Elmbridge Borough Council) was dismissed on 20 August 2024 by Inspector Whalley J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the erection of a 1.0m high fence and gate would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 2, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015, having regard to an enforcement notice issued on 17 August 2023 requiring permanent removal of a fence from the same land.
Erection of entrance gates and fence to a height of 1.0m to the frontage of open grassland
- Authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Whalley J
- Postcode
- KT10 8BA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the erection of a 1.0m high fence and gate would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 2, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015, having regard to an enforcement notice issued on 17 August 2023 requiring permanent removal of a fence from the same land
What decided it
The enforcement notice issued on 17 August 2023 requiring permanent removal of the fence from the land remains in force, and the appellant's permitted development rights were lost by failing to appeal the enforcement notice at the proper time.
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