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Notice upheld8 January 20263350327

7 Lydiate Farm, The Lydiate, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 8QN

Planning appeal 3350327 at 7 Lydiate Farm, The Lydiate, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 8QN (Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 January 2026 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the erection of the fence is permitted development or benefits from planning permission (ground c appeal).

erection of a fence around open aspect lawned area to the rear elevation of the land within the Heswall Village Conservation Area measuring 1.9 m in height

Authority
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Braithwaite J
Postcode
CH60 8QN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the erection of the fence is permitted development or benefits from planning permission (ground c appeal)
  • Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are excessive (ground f appeal)

What decided it

Permitted development rights for the erection of fences were expressly withheld by conditions in the relevant planning permissions, and no planning permission has been granted for the fences.

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