Planning appeal decision
Land at Five Oaks, Lewes Road, Laughton, BN8 6BJ
Planning appeal 6006632 at Land at Five Oaks, Lewes Road, Laughton, BN8 6BJ (Wealden District Council) was decided (quashed) on 15 September 2026 by Inspector Robert Naylor, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the land where the breach is alleged to have taken place.
Change of use of land from sand school and equestrian use to domestic garden land
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement notice
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- other
- Inspector
- Robert Naylor
- Postcode
- BN8 6BJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control and the land where the breach is alleged to have taken place
What decided it
The enforcement notice did not specify with sufficient clarity the land where the breach of planning control was alleged to have taken place, rendering it invalid and incapable of correction without injustice.
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More decisions in Wealden District Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026
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- decided15 September 20266006631Land at Five Oaks, Lewes Road, Laughton, BN8 6BJ
- Notice upheld22 May 20263358235Wyck Stable, Wyck Lane, Woods Green, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 6QS
- Notice varied and upheld29 April 20263327860The Dinglewood Brittenden Lane, Waldron, Heathfield, TN21 0RN
- Quashed On Legal Grounds24 March 20263328210Land at Molly's Wood, Hempstead Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 3PR
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