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Invalid6 January 20253345432

22 Birch Grove, Potters Bar, EN6 1SY

Planning appeal 3345432 at 22 Birch Grove, Potters Bar, EN6 1SY (Hertsmere Borough Council) was decided (invalid) on 6 January 2025 by Inspector Perkins L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice is valid and complies with section 173(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Without planning permission, the erection of a single storey rear extension at ground floor level (“the unauthorised development”)

Authority
Hertsmere Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Perkins L
Postcode
EN6 1SY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the enforcement notice is valid and complies with section 173(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

What decided it

The enforcement notice failed to specify which permitted development regulations the extension should comply with, rendering the notice vague and uncertain and therefore a nullity.

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