®Planning appeal decision
Land at Sopers Yard, 155 Bell Lane, London, NW4 2AP
- 1. The construction of hardstanding (shown in the approximate location edged in yellow on attached image 01), and; 2. The making of a material change of use of part of the land to use as a dwellinghouse and the stationing of a caravan and erection of connecting structures (both shown edged in red on attached image 01) incidental to the making of the change of use
- Authority
- London Borough of Barnet
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Brownless E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice have occurred as a matter of fact (ground b)
- Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground f)
What decided it
The enforcement notice was fundamentally defective in its description of the alleged breach regarding the caravan and residential use, requiring correction and deletion of that allegation to ensure fairness to the appellant.
Plan policies cited: London Plan Policy D6
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