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Notice upheld20 March 20253348230

Land Adjoining Sunnyside (Now Pine Close), Westergate Street, Westergate, West Sussex, PO20 3QR

Planning appeal 3348230 at Land Adjoining Sunnyside (Now Pine Close), Westergate Street, Westergate, West Sussex, PO20 3QR (Arun District Council) was dismissed on 20 March 2025 by Inspector Berry A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether copies of the enforcement notice were served as required by section 172(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

failure to comply with a condition imposed on a planning permission ref AL/114/12 granted on 11 April 2013

Authority
Arun District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Berry A
Postcode
PO20 3QR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether copies of the enforcement notice were served as required by section 172(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
  • Whether the period specified for compliance with the notice falls short of what should reasonably be allowed

What decided it

The appellant was the owner of the access road to which the breach related and was properly served with the enforcement notice, and six months was a reasonable compliance period for remedial works to a small area access road.

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