®Planning appeal decision
151 Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff-On-Sea, Essex, SS0 7EW
a. Installation of uPVC windows to east and north elevations at first and second floor of building. b. Installation of uPVC fascia on east and north elevations
- Authority
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: whether the breach of planning control comprising installation of a fascia had occurred as a matter of fact by the date the notice was issued
- Appeal B ground (f): whether the steps required by the notice are proportionate and not excessive, and whether an alternative scheme of vinyl wrapping could remedy the breach
- Appeal B ground (g): whether the period for compliance with the notice is reasonable
What decided it
The Inspector varied the enforcement notice to extend the compliance period for window removal from 6 to 9 calendar months, recognising that the manufacturing lead-time for approved replacement windows made the original period unreasonably short, while rejecting the appellant's alternative scheme and extended timescale as disproportionate.
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