Planning appeal decision
Land at Keepers Cottage, 1 Latimer Road, Chenies , Rickmansworth, WD3 6EY
Planning appeal 3358268 at Land at Keepers Cottage, 1 Latimer Road, Chenies , Rickmansworth, WD3 6EY (Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 12 January 2026 by Inspector Berry A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice to demolish the detached building exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control.
Erection of a detached building without planning permission
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Berry A
- Postcode
- WD3 6EY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice to demolish the detached building exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
What decided it
The purpose of an enforcement notice is to remedy the breach of planning control, and any step lesser than demolition of the unauthorised detached building would not achieve this remedy.
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