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Notice varied and upheld14 July 20253361686

1 Spinners Drive, St. Helens, WA9 3GF

Planning appeal 3361686 at 1 Spinners Drive, St. Helens, WA9 3GF (St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 14 July 2025 by Inspector Harbottle M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether copies of the enforcement notice were served as required by section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Without the benefit of planning permission, the erection of a concrete post and timber boundary fence

Authority
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Harbottle M
Postcode
WA9 3GF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether copies of the enforcement notice were served as required by section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
  • Whether the notice contains any inaccuracy in describing the breach of planning control
  • Whether the fence is development requiring planning permission
  • Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control

What decided it

The fence is a single unauthorised structure requiring removal because the section adjacent to Prince Albert Close exceeds 1m in height and does not follow the previous fence alignment, and no lesser step would adequately remedy the breach of planning control or the harm to character and appearance.

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