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Notice upheld23 August 20243339217

Land Adjacent to Peach Cottage, Ford, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 2LN

Planning appeal 3339217 at Land Adjacent to Peach Cottage, Ford, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 2LN (South Hams District Council) was dismissed on 23 August 2024 by Inspector Harwood A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged operational development (engineering operations to create a vehicular access and construction of hardstanding with timber retaining walls) constitutes a breach of planning control.

Without planning permission, operational development namely engineering operations to create a vehicular access and the construction of a hardstanding including the creation of timber retaining walls, shown in the approximate position hatched red on the attached plan

Authority
South Hams District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Change of use
Inspector
Harwood A
Postcode
TQ7 2LN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the alleged operational development (engineering operations to create a vehicular access and construction of hardstanding with timber retaining walls) constitutes a breach of planning control
  • Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach

What decided it

The works undertaken constituted engineering operations requiring planning permission, which was not obtained, and therefore constitute a breach of planning control that the enforcement notice properly seeks to remedy.

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