Planning appeal decision
Site Known As Former Albert Mill, Albert Street, Whitworth, Rossendale, OL12 8PJ
Planning appeal 3340105 at Site Known As Former Albert Mill, Albert Street, Whitworth, Rossendale, OL12 8PJ (Rossendale Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 23 October 2024 by Inspector Baxter C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and what is required to remedy the breach.
without the benefit of planning permission, operational development has taken place on the Land comprising earthworks; the importation of construction materials and plant machinery; the formation of a new access ramp; the crushing of old construction materials; site clearance and the excavation of the Land
- Authority
- Rossendale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Baxter C
- Postcode
- OL12 8PJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and what is required to remedy the breach
What decided it
The enforcement notice does not specify with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and what is required to remedy it, and the Inspector could not correct it without causing injustice to the appellant.
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