Decision details

This decision is taken under delegated powers set out in Paragraph 145 of the Officer Scheme of Delegation in the Council’s constitution, which grants delegated authority to undertake all action in order to regulate any actual, perceived or potential breach of any of the Town and Country Planning Legislation including:

To determine whether or not to take and/or to cease action whether because in his/her opinion the breach is trivial, there is insufficient demonstrable harm and/or, it is not expedient to take / continue to take action

This authority has been delegated to me through the Local Scheme of Nomination for the Executive Director for Place.

There is unauthorised development in respect of the stairs and platform added to this otherwise permitted application  WD/D/18/002361.

The previous officer in charge sought the opinion of a planner and was advised to invite a retrospective application for these elements, which would otherwise be NFA from an enforcement point of view, seeing as there is low harm to the amenity of the area.

The retrospective application has not come in, therefore I submit a delegated decision for DR to consider for closure.

Volume of enforcement queries is currently high and officers must prioritise significant planning harm cases. Due to this matter being of low significance planning harm, it is not expedient to pursue and Government guidance suggests that LPA’s should act in a proportionate way and take enforcement action in the public interest. That is not considered to be the case here though the contravener will be contacted and advised this may affect their ability to sell the property in the future.

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