Agenda item

Land at the Back of Number 4 and Number 5 Leaves Green Crescent, Keston BR2 6DN

Decision:

ENFORCEMENT ACTION AUTHORISED; TO BE CARRIED OUT WITHIN 3 MONTHS

Minutes:

Report CSD21068

 

Members considered whether all necessary enforcement action should be pursued in order to remedy current breaches of planning control.

 

Oral representations from the owner of the land in objection to enforcement action being taken were received at the meeting.

 

The Head of Planning and Development Support outlined the history of this case. He confirmed that Permitted Development Rights (PDRs) had been removed from the plot of land and the Council had written to the owner on numerous occasions to inform him of this and to set out the three options that were available to him.

 

Members considered it was very clear from the report that PDRs had been removed and that a planning application should have been submitted. The applicant had opted not to follow the advice of the Planning Department.

 

The Head of Planning and Development Control confirmed that research on the case had been undertaken and it was found that PDRs had been removed. It was a duty of the Council to write to the owner informing him of this and a letter had been sent.

 

In the event that enforcement action was authorised, Members requested the required action be completed within three months.

 

Members having considered the report, objections and representations, RESOLVED that PLANNING ENFORCEMENT ACTION BE AUTHORISED to require the current owner to:-

 

1)  remove from the land, the extension to the existing detached garage, in the approximate position marked A on the plan attached to the report;

 

2)  remove from the land, the single storey detached outbuilding adjacent to the double garage, in the approximate position marked B on the plan attached to the report;

 

3)  reinstate the land and restore the existing detached garage to its condition prior to the unauthorised developments; and

 

4)  remove from the land, all materials and debris associated with paragraph 5(1), 5(2) and 5(3).

 

It was FURTHER RESOLVED that the required action be completed within three months.

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