Planning appeal decision
132 Oxford Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5EL
Planning appeal 3348040 at 132 Oxford Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5EL (Middlesbrough Council *) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 10 February 2025 by Inspector Merrett R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether copies of the enforcement notice were properly served as required by section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Without planning permission, UPVC top hung casement windows have been installed to the front elevation and a UPVC door has been installed to the front elevation (first floor)
- Authority
- Middlesbrough Council *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Merrett R
- Postcode
- TS5 5EL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether copies of the enforcement notice were properly served as required by section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
What decided it
The enforcement notice was properly served on the registered owner and the requirements to remove and replace the unauthorised windows and door are necessary to remedy the breach of planning control.
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