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Quashed On Legal Grounds4 September 20253341743

Land to the West Side of Robins Nest Hill, Little Berkhamstead, SG13 8LS

Planning appeal 3341743 at Land to the West Side of Robins Nest Hill, Little Berkhamstead, SG13 8LS (East Hertfordshire District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 4 September 2025 by Inspector Hainsworth D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether copies of the enforcement notice were served as required by section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Unauthorised formation of an access onto a classified highway by the removal of hedgerow and the erection of wooden fence posts, railings and an access gate

Authority
East Hertfordshire District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Other minor developments
Inspector
Hainsworth D
Postcode
SG13 8LS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether copies of the enforcement notice were served as required by section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

What decided it

The Council's failure to serve the enforcement notice on the existing tenant occupier who had a material interest in the land and would have been substantially prejudiced by not receiving it.

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