37 Foxglove End, LEISTON, Suffolk, IP16 4UT

Without planning permission an artificial hedge and supporting structure which is over 2.5m in height attached to the existing outbuilding (shown in blue on the attached plan) contrary to Schedule 2, Part 2, Class E.1 (e) (ii) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

Authority: East Suffolk
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Goldberg V

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the artificial hedge and supporting structure constitute development requiring planning permission or benefit from permitted development rights under the GPDO
Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control

What decided it

The artificial hedge and supporting structure exceed the 2.5 metre height limit applicable to development within 2 metres of the curtilage boundary and therefore do not constitute permitted development.

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