Planning appeal decision
5 Stage Lane, Lymm, WA13 9HZ
Planning appeal 3367677 at 5 Stage Lane, Lymm, WA13 9HZ (Warrington Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 November 2025 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the erection of fencing along the front boundary to Stage Lane without planning permission constitutes a breach of planning control, having regard to permitted development rights under the GPDO.
Without planning permission, the erection of fencing along the front boundary to Stage Lane
- Authority
- Warrington Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- WA13 9HZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the erection of fencing along the front boundary to Stage Lane without planning permission constitutes a breach of planning control, having regard to permitted development rights under the GPDO
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
What decided it
The fencing exceeds 1m in height and is adjacent to a highway used by vehicular traffic, therefore it does not benefit from permitted development rights and constitutes a breach of planning control that the enforcement notice properly requires to be remedied.
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