Planning appeal decision
23C Shirley Drive, Hove, BN3 6NQ
Planning appeal 3353949 at 23C Shirley Drive, Hove, BN3 6NQ (Brighton and Hove City Council) was dismissed on 29 July 2025 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to achieve the purpose of remedying the breach of planning control.
without planning permission, the erection of a dwellinghouse on the Land, in the approximate position shown hatched black on the attached plan
- Authority
- Brighton and Hove City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Phillips A
- Postcode
- BN3 6NQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to achieve the purpose of remedying the breach of planning control
What decided it
Complete demolition of the unauthorised dwellinghouse is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control, and therefore the enforcement notice requirements do not exceed what is necessary to achieve the stated purpose.
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