Howes v Secretary of State for the Environment: QBD 1984

The inspector had directed himself that the removal of a hedge and the creation of an access was ‘a continuous operation and each step in the work prolong[ed] the period for serving the enforcement notice as regards every earlier step of the development.’
Held: The notice stood.

Judges:

Hodgson J

Citations:

[1984] JPL 439

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedSage v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and others HL 10-Apr-2003
The appellant had challenged an enforcement notice requiring him to pull down a partially built house. The issue was when the four year limitation period had commenced. Did the four year limitation period commence when the works were complete, or . .
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Planning

Updated: 25 November 2022; Ref: scu.196899