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Planning permission granted12 December 20253358725

100 Columbia Drive, Worcester, WR2 4XU

Planning appeal 3358725 at 100 Columbia Drive, Worcester, WR2 4XU (Worcester City Council) was allowed on 12 December 2025 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, at the date when the enforcement notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control (ground (d) appeal).

without planning permission the erection of timber closed board fence (fencing) adjacent to the highway measuring over 1.0m in height at Columbia Drive, Worcester, WR2 4XU shown in blue on the attached plan

Authority
Worcester City Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Savage M
Postcode
WR2 4XU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether, at the date when the enforcement notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control (ground (d) appeal)

What decided it

The appellant demonstrated on the balance of probabilities, through statutory declaration and supporting evidence, that the fence was substantially completed by 1 August 2020, placing it within the 4-year immunity period for operational development.

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