Planning appeal decision
Brackenwood Lodge Churchend, Twyning, Tewkesbury, GL20 6DA
Planning appeal 3373394 at Brackenwood Lodge Churchend, Twyning, Tewkesbury, GL20 6DA (Tewkesbury Borough Council) was dismissed on 9 February 2026 by Inspector Hanson S, 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, the erection of a building, in the approximate position hatched in black on the attached site identification plan
- Authority
- Tewkesbury Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hanson S
- Postcode
- GL20 6DA
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 three-month compliance period is unreasonable (ground g)
What decided it
The enforcement notice requires only the undoing of unauthorised works and does not exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach; the appellants failed to identify any lesser steps that would meet the statutory purpose, and the three-month compliance period is reasonable.
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