Planning appeal decision
Brookelands Tewkesbury Road, Norton, Gloucester, GL2 9LG
Planning appeal 3345074 at Brookelands Tewkesbury Road, Norton, Gloucester, GL2 9LG (Tewkesbury Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 October 2024 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether material operations on the chargeable development had commenced prior to the submission of a commencement notice.
- Authority
- Tewkesbury Borough Council
- Appeal type
- other · Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Not Applicable
- Inspector
- Ghafoor A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether material operations on the chargeable development had commenced prior to the submission of a commencement notice
- Whether the deemed commencement date of 24 April 2024 was correctly determined
- Whether a surcharge for failure to submit a timely commencement notice was properly imposed
What decided it
The construction of garage foundations to damp-proof course level by 24 April 2024, corroborated by Building Control records, constituted material operations for the chargeable development, confirming the deemed commencement date was correct and the surcharge was properly imposed.
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