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Notice upheld5 December 20243340755

80 Windsor Road, TORQUAY, TQ1 1SU

Without planning permission, the demolition of a boundary wall and associated gate piers along the south-western boundary of the site as depicted in the attached photograph labelled “Photograph 1”, to create a means of access onto a classified highway, in the approximate location identified by a blue line on the attached plan titled “Map 2”

Authority
Torbay Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Harwood A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the breach of planning control as alleged in the enforcement notice has occurred
  • Whether what is alleged constitutes a breach of planning control
  • Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to achieve its purpose

What decided it

The demolition of the wall and gate piers, together with the regrading and levelling of the land, constituted the formation of a means of access to a classified highway requiring planning permission, which was not obtained and is not permitted development.

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