Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Notice varied and upheld17 June 20263373415

Sunny Side The Dale, Bonsall, Matlock, DE4 2AY

Planning appeal 3373415 at Sunny Side The Dale, Bonsall, Matlock, DE4 2AY (Derbyshire Dales District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 17 June 2026 by Inspector Preston C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice was properly served and clear on its face (ground (e)).

The raising in height and construction of the retaining wall adjacent to a highway, and infill with soil, stone and hardcore without planning permission

Authority
Derbyshire Dales District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Preston C
Postcode
DE4 2AY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the enforcement notice was properly served and clear on its face (ground (e))
  • Whether the works constitute a breach of planning control and whether they benefit from permitted development rights (ground (c))

What decided it

The retaining wall is an engineering operation designed to retain raised ground, exceeds the 1 metre height limit for enclosures adjacent to highways under the GPDO, and does not benefit from any planning permission or permitted development rights.

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

16 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Derbyshire Dales

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Dismissed17 August 20266009542
    Redundant Barn, Kings Hill, Brassington, DE4 4NT
  2. Notice upheld5 August 20263373290
    The Cottage, Alferton Road, The Cliff, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5EZ
  3. Notice varied and upheld22 June 20263375058
    Land West of Foxholes Lane, Tansley, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5LF
  4. Notice upheld16 June 20263372863
    Land to the Northeast of Blackwall Grange, Blackwall Lane, Kirk Ireton, DE6 3LN
  5. Notice varied and upheld18 May 20263369916
    North Park Farm, Whitworth Road, Darley Dale, DE4 2HJ

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.