®Planning appeal decision
Land Known As Elmhurst, Blacksmith Lane, Asselby, Goole, DN14 7HE
Planning appeal 3344868 at Land Known As Elmhurst, Blacksmith Lane, Asselby, Goole, DN14 7HE (East Riding of Yorkshire Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 24 November 2025 by Inspector Hainsworth D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control alleged, on the basis that the outbuilding was substantially completed more than four years before the notice was issued.
Erection of a detached outbuilding
- Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hainsworth D
- Postcode
- DN14 7HE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control alleged, on the basis that the outbuilding was substantially completed more than four years before the notice was issued
What decided it
The well-documented and comprehensive evidence from multiple independent witnesses and tradespeople consistently establishing substantial completion by 12 April 2020 was preferred to the single unverified Google Earth image, which the Inspector found fell within the known margin of error of such imagery.
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