Issue - meetings

To note a report on Appeals and Called-in applications.

It was RESOLVED: That the Committee note the information report.

A Member asked for more information on an appeal lost due to an enforcement document being written incorrectly. The Assistant Director (Planning & Regulatory) advised that this application would have to come back but the enforcement document would have to be more specific. The Senior Planning Officer advised that the application was brought to the Committee asking for permission for an enforcement notice for a car port and it was insisted to replace the trees. The enforcement wasn’t correct for this, and the Committee could not ask for mitigation measure for things outside of the specific site. The wording of the enforcement notice was too ambiguous, and the appellant could not be legally sure what was being asked from him and so was deemed null and void.

Another Member asked for an update on 134 Marymead Drive. The Senior Planning Officer advised that this was an enforcement that the Development Manager was dealing with. A site visit had been completed on the 15^th August 2023 and they were waiting for the planning inspectorate to come back as to whether the enforcement notice was valid. The Assistant Director (Planning & Regulatory) advised that the legal challenge was successful in terms of the signage and environmental health legislation. There was also an injunction against him.

It was RESOLVED: That the Committee note the information report.