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Notice upheld7 May 20263366611

Merivon, 6 Trafalgar Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2LD

Planning appeal 3366611 at Merivon, 6 Trafalgar Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2LD (Great Yarmouth Borough Council) was dismissed on 7 May 2026 by Inspector Satheesan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control or injury to amenity (Ground f).

Without planning permission and within the last 10 years, the material change of use of the property from a Use Class C1 Hotel to use as a single residential Dwelling (Use Class C3), constituting an unauthorised development of the Land

Authority
Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Satheesan R
Postcode
NR30 2LD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control or injury to amenity (Ground f)
  • Whether the compliance period specified in the notice is reasonable (Ground g)

What decided it

The enforcement notice was properly issued to remedy a breach of planning control (unauthorised change of use from C1 to C3), and the 2-year compliance period is reasonable.

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