Planning appeal decision
29 Brook Lane, Ainthorpe, Whitby, YO21 2LB
Planning appeal 3342267 at 29 Brook Lane, Ainthorpe, Whitby, YO21 2LB (North York Moors) was dismissed on 27 September 2024 by Inspector Whitfield J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appellants have demonstrated that at the date the enforcement notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken because the operational development was substantially completed on or before 14 March 2020.
Construction of a large timber shed and construction of a timber lean to extension
- Authority
- North York Moors
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Whitfield J
- Postcode
- YO21 2LB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appellants have demonstrated that at the date the enforcement notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken because the operational development was substantially completed on or before 14 March 2020
What decided it
The appellants failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the operational development was substantially completed before the four-year enforcement time limit expired.
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