Withers v The Secretary of State for The Environment, The North Somerset District Council: Admn 9 Sep 1997

The appellants appealed a refusal of an inspector to set aside an enforcement notice with regard to the alteration of use of an outbuilding to a residence. He asserted that no enforcement action having been taken for four years, the enforcement could not proceed. There had been use over a longer period, but there had been a break. In fact, the Inspector had, too gently, expressed his disbelief of the appellant’s evidence. There was no use for the period asserted and the appeal failed.

[1997] EWHC Admin 803
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 174(2), 171B(2)
England and Wales

Planning

Updated: 03 January 2022; Ref: scu.137748