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:
Cited – Sage 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 . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Planning
Updated: 25 November 2022; Ref: scu.196899
