Planning appeal decision
Mark Oak Nursery, Cobham Road, Fetcham, Leatherhead, KT22 9SA
Planning appeal 3361153 at Mark Oak Nursery, Cobham Road, Fetcham, Leatherhead, KT22 9SA (Mole Valley District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 24 November 2025 by Inspector Symons G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice to remedy the breach of planning control are excessive under section 174(2)(f) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
The extension and conversion of buildings to create a detached dwelling in the approximate location hatched in blue on the attached plan
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Symons G
- Postcode
- KT22 9SA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice to remedy the breach of planning control are excessive under section 174(2)(f) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
- Whether the compliance period of 9 months is reasonable under section 174(2)(g) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The enforcement notice's requirement to demolish the entire building was excessive; only the unauthorised extensions and associated bases need to be removed to remedy the breach of planning control.
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