Planning appeal decision
8 Glenfield Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 7PX
Planning appeal 3366718 at 8 Glenfield Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 7PX (Middlesbrough Council *) was dismissed on 16 October 2025 by Inspector McEntee K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the compliance period specified in the enforcement notice is reasonable.
Without planning permission, the erection of a two-storey extension (in the approximate position outlined in black on the attached plan) on the rear wall of the dwellinghouse (“the development”)
- Authority
- Middlesbrough Council *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- McEntee K
- Postcode
- TS5 7PX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the compliance period specified in the enforcement notice is reasonable
What decided it
The compliance period of six months, combined with the four months already elapsed during the appeal process, provides the appellant with more than ten months in total to comply, which the Inspector considered more than reasonable.
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