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Notice upheld22 October 20243340590

20 Oakville Road, Heysham, Lancaster, LA3 2TB

Planning appeal 3340590 at 20 Oakville Road, Heysham, Lancaster, LA3 2TB (Lancaster City Council) was dismissed on 22 October 2024 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control or injury to amenity (Ground f).

‘Without planning permission, the erection of a boundary wall and gate over 1m in height, adjacent to the highway’

Authority
Lancaster City Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Hitchcock R
Postcode
LA3 2TB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control or injury to amenity (Ground f)
  • Whether the period for compliance specified in the notice is reasonable (Ground g)

What decided it

The enforcement notice provides a reasonable alternative remedy by allowing reduction of the wall to 1m height (the maximum permitted under General Permitted Development Order), which had previously been found acceptable in planning terms, and the 2-month compliance period is reasonable.

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