Planning appeal decision
Land at Chapel Hall Farm, Land at Chapel Hall Farm, Summerswood Lane, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 5PH
Planning appeal 3347460 at Land at Chapel Hall Farm, Land at Chapel Hall Farm, Summerswood Lane, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 5PH (Hertsmere Borough Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 8 July 2026 by Inspector Harwood A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice is valid and sufficiently precise in its requirements.
Without planning permission, the raising of land levels including installation of hardstanding, vehicular cross over and installation of a gate taller than 1 metre adjacent to a highway used by vehicular traffic
- Authority
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Harwood A
- Postcode
- WD6 5PH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice is valid and sufficiently precise in its requirements
What decided it
The enforcement notice is hopelessly ambiguous in its requirements and cannot be corrected or varied by the Inspector, rendering it a nullity.
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