Flint Acre, Toddington Lane, Littlehampton , West Sussex, BN17 7PN

Planning appeal 3350847 at Flint Acre, Toddington Lane, Littlehampton , West Sussex, BN17 7PN (Arun District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 26 August 2025 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance.

without planning permission and within the last ten (10) years the: a) Material change of use of the land to a mixture of general storage yard, storage of lorries and other vehicles, caravan siting and habitation and scaffolding company operation. b) Operational development by the creation of hardstanding. c) Operational development by the placement of shipping containers and portable offices. d) Other operational development in terms of associated lighting, cess pit(s), erection of scaffolding, erection of parameter fencing exceeding 2m in height and any other associated development

Authority: Arun District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Phillips A
Postcode: BN17 7PN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance

What decided it

The enforcement notice failed to specify with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the steps required for compliance, containing ambiguous and uncertain language that could not be fully corrected without causing injustice to the appellants or local planning authority.

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