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Allowed27 August 20253363115

Land North of Greengates, Ovington, Northumberland, NE42 6EE

Planning appeal 3363115 at Land North of Greengates, Ovington, Northumberland, NE42 6EE (Northumberland County Council) was allowed on 27 August 2025 by Inspector Kean G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the installation of a vehicular access constitutes development requiring planning permission and, if so, whether it has acquired immunity from enforcement action by virtue of the four-year immunity period for operational development.

installation of a vehicular access

Authority
Northumberland County Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Other minor developments
Inspector
Kean G
Postcode
NE42 6EE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the installation of a vehicular access constitutes development requiring planning permission and, if so, whether it has acquired immunity from enforcement action by virtue of the four-year immunity period for operational development

What decided it

The August 2020 photograph and supporting evidence from the 2022 application established on the balance of probabilities that the access was substantially completed more than four years before the November 2024 application, acquiring immunity from enforcement action under section 191(2) of the 1990 Act.

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